Blood Monkey is a 2007 American direct-to-video natural horror film produced by RHI Entertainment and directed by Robert Young.

Reviewers panned the film, criticizing the acting, dialogue, plot, low-quality special effects, and the lack of appearances by the titular monster, the monkeys.

Anthropological professor Conrad Hamilton attempts to study a new species of primate in Thailand; looking for the missing link between humanity and the great ape.

He has Chenne confiscate the students' mobile phones and hand out information bracelets for each member containing their emergency contact info.

Hamilton examines an apparent rigging done to the tree, only to spring a trap that results in bamboo shoots impaling him through the back.

Amy sheds light on one of the monsters for the first time, revealing it to be a large ape with a bloody set of fangs.

In October 2006, RHI Entertainment made a deal with the Sci Fi Channel to produce a series of ten made-for-television natural horror films to air on the network the following year.

Matt Ryan felt the most challenging part of filming the movie was all of the running through the jungle that was required for many scenes.

Horror.com's Staci Layne Wilson felt Blood Monkey was "abysmal" with forgettable, expendable actors following F. Murray Abraham.

[9] In reviewing the film for DVD Talk, author Nick Lyons thought the six students were "stereotypical" and expressed sorrow that "respected award winning actor F. Murray Abraham...lowered himself to star in this."

Noting that other films in the genre are often "so bad it's good", he felt Blood Monkey failed to accomplish even this dubious achievement.

[7] Monsters and Critics.com's Jeff Swindoll also questioned Abraham's apparently not knowing "better than to star in this dreck" as a "cheapjack version of Captain Ahab".

He panned the film's laughable special effects, though he offered it minor praise for its "rather bleak ending" similar to the series' title Maneater.

Stating "the dialog is rotten, the actors are bad, and the FX are hilarious", he felt Abraham delivered "a patently perfect performance" and notes that he "gets progressively more outlandish as the movie goes on.