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the audience applauded

Thanks for the memories!

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

My 10/10 rating means that "Shakma" is so ridiculous that it's fun. It's basically an excuse for a baboon to come up with ways to kill people who had the misfortune of playing a game in a building with no way to communicate with the outside world. Roddy McDowall - himself a veteran of a certain primate-themed franchise - plays the stodgy scientist who doesn't understand the danger. And the blonde woman? That's Amanda Wyss, best known as the first victim in "A Nightmare on Elm Street". She's a real babe here.But of course the star is the aggressive simian. I guess that one could say...he goes bananas. This movie reminds us that we shouldn't, well, monkey with nature.A truly enjoyable time.

Saw this movie on a rented VHS in the early 90s. Revisited it recently. Shakma was a good b horror fun for its time. The film is about an enraged primate who goes on the killing spree. The primate was actually frightening n fast paced but the storyline, acting n editing was lame. Found it to b dull now.

When I was in my early teens, there was this guy we knew.... Okay, never mind the story behind that quote above. It's a long one.Fast forward to a few years ago, when I happened to stumble upon "Shakma" on DVD. Of course I instantly remembered this one ultra-amazing movie from my early teen days. Regardless the fact that I remembered it to be a pile of poop, I felt the uncontrollable need to re-watch this film. And what the heck, it's still a bad 'slasheresque' film. But one with a killer baboon in it. The baboon was experimented on, got pretty annoyed about it and then decides to attack and kill a bunch of teenagers who are having a role-play party in the same building. There's lots of running up & down hallways in this film (because of this I was actually reminded of that other ultra-amazing film, also made in 1990, called "Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor" - just replace all the alien monstrosities with one killer baboon, and you'll pretty much end up watching the same movie) and the kills are far from spectacular. There's one cool shot in the film, kind of a POV shot from the baboon, with his bloody mouth & teeth leaning into the frame. And there are several, and I do mean a lot of shots where the baboon can be seen going totally nuts over a door. I mean, the beast profoundly hates doors, that much is clear. Whenever he sees one, he goes berserk and wants to destroy it. I don't think a baboon on a mission out to wreck doors makes up for a very good film in the end.

If you have never seen the unrestrained, unreasoning fury of an enraged baboon, brace yourself.Watching Shakma, I started out thinking, "Well, he's just a little monkey, it's not like he's a tiger or a snake or something," but after seeing Typhoon throw himself (quite literally) into the role of Shakma, I reconsidered the destructive capabilities of the primate chassis.Shakma is a many-armed frenzy of horror and doom, and this movie is absolutely worthwhile if only for that awe-inspiring display.The acting's a little thin, and there are a few scenes that'll really make you roll your eyes, but if you get a chance to see this movie for under $5, take it. You won't be sorry.