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Shakma

1990, Movie, R, 101 mins

Shakma: Review

A low-budget thriller with a made-for-television look that's developed a surprising cult following. A baboon — the titular Shakma — is subjected to a series of medical experiments that stimulate the most aggressive portions of its brain and is then euthenized...except that it's not. Doctor-in-training Sam (Christopher Atkins) gives Shakma the wrong drug and doesn't cremate the apparently dead animal because his instructor, Professor Sorenson (Roddy McDowell), wants ... read more leave a comment