'Primate' Review: Paramount comes out swinging in 2026 with wild horror flick about a nightmare pet chimp

January has a reputation for being a bad month at the movies. After a crowded theatrical window during the holiday season, January is the time for bottom-of-the-barrel releases and big screen gambles that frequently result in box office bombs.

Which is why Paramount's "Primate" will catch many by surprise, particularly horror fans.

Set in beautiful Hawaii, the film centers around Ben (Miguel Torres Umba), a hyper-intelligent chimpanzee who was the test subject of a linguistic professor...