Link (1986) (DVD)

Inspired by research on violence amongst chimpanzees, this chilling fantasy-horror from cult director Richard Franklin stars Elisabeth Shue in an early film role alongside fellow Oscar nominee and Sixties screen icon Terence Stamp, as a single-minded professor who sets in motion an terrifying chain of events. Link is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its original aspect ratio. Jane, an American zoology student, takes a summer job at the lonely cliff-top home of a professor who is exploring the link between man and ape. Soon after her arrival he vanishes, leaving her to care for his three chimps: Voodoo, a savage female
the affectionate, child-like Imp
and Link - a circus ape trained as the perfect servant and companion. Soon a disturbing role reversal takes place in the relationship between master and servant and Jane becomes a prisoner in a simian house of horror. In her attempts to escape she's up against an adversary with several times her physical strength - and the instincts of a bloodthirsty killer...