mini series

I can confirm that "Chimera" was indeed shown as three part mini-series on TV sometime in the early 1990's.

At the time, for kids of a certain age, it was the best thing to talk about in the playground on Monday morning. Although I remember it being rather scary, in retrospect, with the help of the condensed and edited version (which is what this imdb entry is), I find it was actually a fairly well made but ultimately forgettable one-off from ITV.

A shame really, as those final moments from episode two, where the children who help hide the eponymous Monkey-Boy and in unison they say "Mr. Scarecrow", still haunt me.




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I second that matt, i was about 8 or 9 when i watched it. I cant remember much only the ending and a ward full of hairy babies. I have been begging ITV for ages asking them to show it again. I also hear Paul O'Grady has a small part in it. So long ago i cant remember who he played. I think i missed the first episode but it still sends a shiver down my back thinling of the old barn and the children. Hope they do release it on DVD im keeping my fingers crossed.

I've only seen the severely condensed American version of this called "Monkey Boy" on VHS. I would love to see the complete mini-series. I keep hoping someone would put this out on Region 1 DVD already.

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I was 10 when this came out on TV. My gran went to bed as she wasn't a huge horror fan. And I was told to go to my room as it was too scary. But I went into my parent's room and watched it in there and it scared the holy poop out of me! Can't remember an awful lot about it - just the monkey-man!

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Fantastic ! I remember episode 1 being shown in June 1991 - it was when I was in the middle of a holiday in Cornwall. My Wife and I sat down and watched the events unfold as nurse Tracy Pickford went to work in the sinister Jenner Clinic. The ending was such a shock ! Something went absolutely loopy and started killing everyone. As you saw more and more bodies, you then saw Jenner himself slumped over his desk dead. Then as a final shock, Tracy herself gets killed and her body dumped alongside all the other Jenner Clinic staff. It was so unusual to become acquainted with who we thought was the lead character only to find her brutally murdered at the climax of the first of four episodes. Few other dramas have delivered that kind of shock. The episode made such an impact that I poured over the Daily Mail review next day and I can still remember today exactly where we went the dayafter it was shown, such was the power of the drama.

It has to be said that the next three episodes did not quite come up to the same high standard with the enigmatic Hennessey taking charge of operations and the John Lynch character taking centre stage.

Several years later I bought the Video and was extremely disappointed to find that episode one had been completely chopped thus losing all the suspense. I have subsequently managed to obtain a good quality recording of the complete episodes which is much more satisfying.