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Movie poster: Primal Rage (1988)
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Primal Rage

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1988 · 92 min Horror Science Fiction Thriller
5.2 / 10 · TMDB

A scientist at a Florida university inadvertently creates a "rage virus" while performing experiments intended to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. When a journalist for the college paper breaks into the campus lab, he's bitten by one of the infected baboons; the virus soon spreads to a trio of rapists and a valley girl, all of whom go on killing sprees.

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Original Title Rage - Furia primitiva
Year 1988
Country Italy
Genre Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Director Vittorio Rambaldi
Runtime 92 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.2/10 (46 votes)

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The film builds dread methodically, layer by layer. Genre tools are used skillfully — no cheap jump scares, relying instead on genuine unease.

Worth watching for those tired of predictable horror. There's character and internal logic here. If you want quick adrenaline — better choose something else.

For those who want films that work with feeling rather than plot mechanics.

Director: Vittorio Rambaldi

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: A dark evening when the house is quiet. Headphones mandatory — the sound is half the film.

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