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Overview

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4.9/10   323 votes
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Directors:
Tom Logan
Hugh Parks
Writer:
Roger Engle (writer)
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Release Date:
5 October 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
The world's most aggressive primate just got mad
Plot:
A murderous baboon escapes from a laboratory and roams the research building, and begins to kill some teenagers who are also in the building playing a Dungeons-and-Dragons type game. | add synopsis
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Typhoon is one tough beast! more

Cast

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Christopher Atkins ... Sam
Amanda Wyss ... Tracy
Ari Meyers ... Kim

Roddy McDowall ... Sorenson
Rob Edward Morris ... Gary (as Robb Morris)
Tre Laughlin ... Bradley
Greg Flowers ... Richard
Ann Kymberlie ... Laura
Donna Jarrett ... Brenda
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Nemesis
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
Norway:18 (video premiere) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | UK:18
Filming Locations:
Orlando, Florida, USA

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: The baboon appearing in the movie is not a Shakma but Hamadryas - different species. Shakma baboon (Papio ursinus) is the largest species of baboon, Hamadryas (Papio hamadryas) is significantly smaller and easy recognizable by a mane around his face - the only baboon species to have such feature. more
Quotes:
Tracy: You are soooooo male! more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Typhoon is one tough beast!, 29 January 2006
7/10
Author: Charles Hatfield from United States

If you have never seen the unrestrained, unreasoning fury of an enraged baboon, brace yourself.

Watching Shakma, I started out thinking, "Well, he's just a little monkey, it's not like he's a tiger or a snake or something," but after seeing Typhoon throw himself (quite literally) into the role of Shakma, I reconsidered the destructive capabilities of the primate chassis.

Shakma is a many-armed frenzy of horror and doom, and this movie is absolutely worthwhile if only for that awe-inspiring display.

The acting's a little thin, and there are a few scenes that'll really make you roll your eyes, but if you get a chance to see this movie for under $5, take it. You won't be sorry.

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