I'm unsure why there's so much praise for this film because Shakma is really quite boring throughout. The whole storyline about "the game" is very dull and the only thing I was hoping would make it interesting was the killer baboon himself. There's a few decent scenes scattered about, but not nearly enough to call this a cult classic or even close to a cult classic. The scene where the woman gets killed in the toilet seemed very well shot at first, until she gets back up and reaches for the ventilation grill. Yeah, as if Shakma is gonna suddenly stop attacking her.
Overall, Shakma is not the worst horror film out there, but is nowhere near as good as others on here would have you believe.
Overall, Shakma is not the worst horror film out there, but is nowhere near as good as others on here would have you believe.