▁men ▁in ▁su its , ▁which ▁I ▁thought ▁would ▁be ▁d ish on est . ▁We ▁wer en ’ t ▁making ▁a ▁fant asy , ▁and ▁we ▁wer en ’ t ▁making ▁Gre yst oke ▁with ▁its ▁f able - like ▁qual ities . ▁We ▁were ▁doing ▁something ▁which ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁on ▁what ▁chim ps ▁can ▁really ▁do . ▁" ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁finished ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁films ▁made ▁under ▁the ▁regime ▁of ▁Ver ity ▁Lam bert ▁at ▁E MI . ▁ ▁" The ▁kill ings ▁are ▁strange ▁with ▁one ▁ch imp ▁actually ▁pulling ▁somebody ▁through ▁a ▁mail ▁slot , ▁which ▁is ▁kind ▁of ▁different ,” ▁said ▁Franklin . ▁“ It ▁breaks ▁new ▁ground , ▁and ▁cinema - ▁t ically , ▁it ▁has ▁never ▁been ▁done ." ▁ ▁Release ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁film ' s ▁release ▁Frank in ▁said ▁" Univers al ’ s ▁instinct ▁will ▁probably ▁be ▁ ▁to ▁release ▁it ▁this ▁summer , ▁which ▁I ▁really ▁hope ▁they ▁don ' t ▁do . ▁It ’ s ▁not ▁a ▁Spiel berg ▁movie . ▁It ’ s ▁quite ▁different ▁and , ▁in ▁a ▁way , ▁I ▁wish ▁Ps y cho ▁II ▁had ▁been ▁given ▁the ▁chance ▁to ▁make ▁more ▁money ▁by ▁playing ▁fewer ▁the aters ▁for ▁a ▁longer ▁period ▁of ▁time . ▁Link ▁is ▁a ▁very ▁special ▁thr iller ▁and ▁should ▁be ▁tre ▁at ed ▁accordingly .” ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁by ▁the ▁C