FilmMonster & Creature Survival

In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro1986

Name: In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
Genre: Monster & Creature, Survival
Released: 1986-03-01
Rating: 5.8

“Violent death was the easy way out!”

Directed by Raju Patel

5.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.1TMDB 7.7

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Year

1986

Runtime

97 min

Box Office

Domestic

$181,410

The premise

There's a big drought in Africa. Food and water are scarce. 90,000 wild baboons suddenly start attacking humans and eating them in order to survive. Some people find themselves being hunted by the starving monkeys and must do whatever they can to stay alive.

Horror Vault's take

When a devastating drought strips the Kenyan wilderness of food and water, a massive horde of starving baboons turns its hunger toward the most available prey — human beings. A group of survivors must fight through the unforgiving African landscape as the relentless swarm closes in from every direction. Based on a real-life ecological crisis, the film grounds its animal-attack terror in stark, sun-scorched authenticity. John Rhys-Davies leads the cast through a harrowing ordeal where nature itself has turned predator.

Content: Animal Attack Violence, Graphic Depictions Of Feeding/Predation, Peril And Death Of Humans And Animals