# Shakma - the best movie trailer of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922 "2014-08-30T00:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/1 "2014-08-30T00:00:32Z")
Red Letter Media just watched the movie Shakma as part of their Best of the Worst, because they loved the trailer so much. So I decided to track down the trailer myself. Boy am I glad I did. The movie was reportedly pure crap, but man, that trailer was fantastic. There’s just too much greatness to single out a single scene as my favorite. [Enjoy!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2tnp4QCKtk) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/2 "2014-08-30T00:32:16Z")
I watched their best of the worst as well and agree, this trailer was great. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/3 "2014-08-30T00:56:15Z")
OK, I’ll go watch… Yep, that seems about right. ---
**Author:** ![chancetx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@chancetx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chancetx)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/4 "2014-08-30T01:55:49Z")
God, I remember watching this on HBO years ago. Actually, I should say TRIED to watch. Even my undiscerning teen self couldn’t get through it it was so bad. Indie video distributor Code Red is apparently working on a Bluray release for this. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/5 "2014-08-30T15:07:52Z")
I particularly enjoyed the continuity gaffe when the guy walks out into the hall with a knife in his hand, which then magically inserts itself into his belt when the orang attacks him. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/6 "2014-08-30T15:30:56Z")
I offer you: [Riki-Oh The Story of Ricky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Rm5_N-f8g) featuring the head-exploding scene that used to be used in The Daily Show’s Five Questions. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/7 "2014-08-30T15:35:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I particularly enjoyed the continuity gaffe when the guy walks out into the hall with a knife in his hand, which then magically inserts itself into his belt when the orang attacks him. I’m pretty sure that was a baboon. One really, really pissed-off baboon! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/8 "2014-08-30T16:28:18Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I’m pretty sure that was a baboon. One really, really pissed-off baboon! I knew that, but pre-coffee I’m just glad I didn’t say “dog”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/9 "2014-08-30T16:39:16Z")
FWIW, the trailer is bad. It’s not tongue in cheek bad, it totally fails at making the movie seem exciting or even competent. Based on two minutes of footage with voiceover, I feel sure that the film is a “no-budget” production created by people without professional-level skills. Anyway, that’s also what’s good (not great) about the trailer: its incompetence. An inability to conceal bad writing, bad directing, bad photography, ill-chosen cast and no money spent (apart from a monkey handler.) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/10 "2014-08-30T17:20:17Z")
That narrator is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakma-the-best-movie-trailer-of-all-time/696922/11 "2014-08-30T17:39:10Z")
Ooof. I’ve never been a fan of “so-bad-it’s-good” film. That just looks terrible. That said, I’d watch it just for Ari Meyers. I had such a crush on her as a kid!