CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

ryan-10075 Not exactly sure why, but I seem to enjoy horror films with primates as the villain like two other horror films of the same era Link and Monkey Shines. I did think it was a very good film, but as the viewer it really does depend or how much you give in or accept the role-playing game in which the characters are playing within a locked research lab. I did accept it and thought it was a very interesting and cool twist to be used. It is here that a baboon that has been injected with an experimental drug wrecks havoc on the unsuspecting players of the game. The always entertaining Roddy McDowall stars along with Christopher Atkins and Amanda Wyss.

zetes Truly awful. A bunch of medical researchers secure the use of a large building for a long night of LARPing. Unfortunately, the baboon they were experimenting on earlier has gone totally nuts and escapes. Named Shakma, the baboon weeds out the LARPers one by one. When I first heard about this movie (earlier the same day I watched it), I said to myself, "Killer baboon? I'm in!" Obviously, I didn't expect it to be good, but I thought it might be worth a laugh. It isn't. It's totally freakin' boring. The film is in desperate need of an editor, first of all. It just drags and drags. But, really, the biggest problem is the baboon is not really that threatening. I'm sure he could hurt you, but I'm pretty sure I could take him. Starring Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss, Ari Meyers and Roddy MacDowell.

gavin6942 A wild baboon attacks medical students who are playing a game, trapped in a large tower.Why did this movie attract my attention? The great cast. We have Roddy McDowell with a bow tie, Playgirl model Christopher Atkins ("Blue Lagoon") and Amanda Wyss ("A Nightmare on Elm Street"). A solid cast right there, despite this being a film that few people have probably ever heard of. Granted, these were 1980s stars on their way down at that point, but still decent.Ari Meyers, who may be less well-known, is also present, dressed as though she was prepared to audition for a role on "Full House". The breakout character was actually Bradley, the homosexual nerd, played by unknown actor Tre Laughlin, who apparently never acted in anything else.The problem with this film is that it runs a bit too long, especially towards the last act, and that earns it a five. A six would have happened if it was trimmed down -- the monkey is not on screen too much or too little and we spent a fair amount of time watching these people play a game. Important in some ways, but the game has little to do with them getting attacked -- they could have been doing anything. (Although it is interesting to see how little is revealed to the audience -- if you figure out the rules of the game just by watching, well done).This also is the sort of movie where the audience might point out the dozen or so bad decisions made by each character. Despite a lack of phone or fire alarms, surely they must have some way to get in and out of the building... but it never seems to occur to anyone, with their best thought being to throw silverware out a vent to see if someone notices. (And if they do notice, why will it make them call the police?)Not bad as a hidden gem, but not something to go out of your way for, either. Could make a nice double feature set with "Link".

lost-in-limbo A group of medical students are planning to play live role game in the shape of "Dungeon and Dragons" in the medical campus building after hours. They'll be locked in and accompanied by Professor Sorenson, who'll be The Gamester that looks over the contest. While searching for clues, to eventually save the princess. They didn't expect a real nemesis would try to stop them, as now a furious, drugged up lab baboon is on the loose and tearing apart the gamers.I'm stuck here, because I thought there were good moments within, but also equally bad aspects to this shonky, overwrought and mildly fun monkey on the rampage b-grade clunker. The disappointing thing is the premise pulls you right in, but what we get never lives up to it and its frustratingly vapid script with little success stretches the one-idea concept out. You could only do so much. It does seem to hold your interest in patches though, after a somewhat meandering set-up to begin with. Actually I got to hand it to screenwriter Roger Engle, as even though there was too much dead air and repetition, it still has guts and never took the easy option. The serious approach the material is going for is totally thrown off balance due to how silly going it gets and the lack of menace dripping off the "I have no respect for doors!" baboon. Some people might find the baboon terrifying, but on the other hand for me it came off pretty risible. Although that's me watching it, and not being in the same room with it, as if so Im sure it would be a different story. The baboon's obviously method performance was nothing but brilliant! Watching it bouncing about, dawdling around on its hind legs, shrieking in anger and the facial activity gave me a good laugh, but at least the attack scenes struck a nerve as they were brutally viscous and relentless in detail. Some took place off-screen, but were well done and the few we saw were unpleasantly aggressive. Decent gore FX was on show, but this was more so the aftermath and blood was spilled very often. Directors' Tom Logan and Hugh Parks do a mechanical job, in which case they could've done with much tighter editing. However because of the minimal production, it's stringent quality generates some well-mounted anxiety and claustrophobic passages. It's all about the jolts, and since we know that, we see them pretty much coming and in an all too quickly, cramp fashion. David C. Williams' brooding musical score is well placed throughout. The performances by the young cast including the likes of Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss and Ari Meyers is by the numbers. Roddy McDowall is reliably fine, in an all to familiar role.Overly drawn out, but reasonably fun fodder.