SHAKMA (1990)
This movie is about a
baboon that just goes freakin monkey crap crazy after being injected by an
experimental drug designed to make primates less aggressive (so, yeah that
doesn’t work out). Throwing in a twist several students and a few teachers at
this research facility are throwing an all night role-playing game in the
building and phones and keys seemingly are almost impossible to come by.
If you
are like me baboon’s might kind of freak out you out anyway, but seeing one
pissed is just really uncomfortable. It’s really difficult to complain about
the effects in this because a real baboon (sometimes even pissing it off in
real life) was used and the practical effects are well done. You can catch this
one on Netflix and given it’s very slow moving but eerie ending, it makes this
a great addition to your horror movie marathon. There are a few slow moving
parts to this, but other elements pay off.
Even though well known
and long standing actress Amanda Wyss (NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, CSI, BETTER OFF
DEAD) takes most of the dialog as the female lead it isn’t enough to fix some
of the horrible dialog, (I mean extra-bad) and the very mediocre acting. For an
early 90’s B-horror flick you can see why this thing probably fits best into
the cult favorites category, but it will make you probably not want to pet any
baboons anytime soon.
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