Mafu Cage, The
Our Rating:   L Factor: Minor lesbian content Short Take: A 1970s horror film with incest between sisters. Stars Lee Grant and Carol Kane. Alternate Titles: Don’t Ring the Doorbell |
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| Year: 1978 Duration: 102 min Language: USA/English MPAA: Not Rated |
Director: Karen Arthur Writer: Don Chastain, Eric Wesphal Starring: Lee Grant, Carol Kane, Will Geer, James Olson, Budar, William Sherwood |
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A 1970s horror film with incest between sisters. Eek. Ellen (Lee Grant) and Cissy (Carol Kane) are sisters who grew up in Africa with their father, a deceased primatologist. Cissy is more than a little crazy, and she lives in a room designed to be like Africa, with hot house plants, African artifacts and music, and a succession of apes and monkeys that she keeps in a cage.
Ellen takes care of Cissy, and their relationship is incestuous, as they sleep together and have sex in a hammock. Cissy is violent and kills her pet monkey, threatening to commit suicide if she can’t have another. Ellen gets an orangutan for her after Cissy cuts her wrist, but that one is beaten to death as well.
When Ellen begins dating David (James Olson), Cissy can’t handle it, and – surprise – guess who else ends up dead?
It was torture for me to watch this really weird, uncomfortable horror flick. The film has actually made it to dvd and apparently has a cult following. (AB)