meddlecore This is a surprisingly entertaining animal attack thriller! I mean, for a film with such a bad rap...it's really not that terrible.Basically, a bunch of med students are LARP'ing in a tower on campus.However, unbeknownst to them, an angry baboon (driven mad by medical experiments) is on the loose, and out to kill.Shakma (the baboon) hunts down the college students, and takes them out one by one...going completely insane in the process.And I mean, this baboon goes nuts. It seriously made me wonder what the hell they did to the poor thing to get it so damn angry. Cause it is straight f*cking terrifying in this film! Simplicity aside, this film is effectively scary...albeit a little frustrating.Because...why they don't just go to the ground floor and exit through the front door, is beyond me? Or smash a window, if worse comes to worse...you know? Cause really, what could be worse than getting your throat torn out by a psychotic baboon?! With that being said, however, if you can suspend disbelief for an hour and a half...I'm quite certain you will thoroughly enjoy being genuinely terrorized by this baboon.I will never ever f*ck with a baboon after watching this film.And you shouldn't either.6 out of 10.

neldam00 A movie that I liked a lot. It is simple, but as it progresses it grows in intensity and suspense. Excellent characterization of Shakma mandrel. The game begins as something very well organized but ends in chaos and unexpected picture. A catchy movie. Good performance of Roddy McDowall who gives the movie a touch of class.

Scott LeBrun The students in the med school of a university play a "Dungeons & Dragons" type of role playing game in their tower after hours. They're supervised by their head professor, Sorenson (Roddy McDowall). Unfortunately, one of their primate charges is a baboon named Shakma (played by "Typhoon"), who has been genetically altered - big surprise there - and who has now gone absolutely crazy, slaughtering any stupid human unlucky enough to be close to it. As the humans dwindle in number, they find that getting help from the outside world is next to impossible."Shakma" is pretty laughable, all right, not that it's *completely* worthless. The action is passable, the suspense passable. The most entertaining aspect is the animal action. Typhoon is a real force of nature and was obviously trained as well as a baboon could possibly be trained. Things get pretty gory, too. The movie is generally amusing for putting an "animal attack" spin on the standard slasher formula. Everything about it is no more than adequate on a technical level; it suffers the most from its silly script and inane characterizations. The actors treat the material with the best poker faces that they can muster: former teen idol Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss of the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street", Ari Meyers of 'Kate & Allie'. The casting of McDowall is certainly appropriate given his iconic role(s) in the "Planet of the Apes" franchise.This is a junk movie, to be sure, but it's still reasonably entertaining. One big problem is that it's overextended, going on too long at approximately an hour and 42 minutes.Five out of 10.

dicnar This is one of the most ridicules things I haw ever saw. But i still like it a lot. A great for viewing with a bunch of friends I guarantee it will haw you rolling down the floor. A group of teenagers battle to survive against the all mighty and angry baboon(u don't need pants for the victory dance...) There's a lot of scenes when the monkey roars like crazy and rampages thru corridors also a lot of stupid quotes and a whole bunch of very annoying characters. But it's fun just pure fun. I recommend it for people who like "stupid" movies and take pleasure in watching them because this movie as a horror is not scary at all. The monkey doesn't look so Evil that it could slay so many people but what I know, I never confronted a mad baboon. But I will bet twelve college students could stand against a panther or a small lion :)