The Mafu Cage

Name: The Mafu Cage
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: 1978-03-19
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Lee Grant, Carol Kane, Will Geer, James Olson, William Sherwood

1978·Thriller·1h 42m

6.2

★

Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion, where they keep a pet ape, which belonged to their late father, locked in a cage. While one of the sisters seems to be keeping her head on straight, as it were, the other appears to be sinking further and further into barbarism and insanity.

Directed by Karen Arthur

sibling relationship

obsession

cage

incest

madness

woman director

Trailer

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

3.5 / 5

Cast

Lee Grant

Ellen

Carol Kane

Cissy

Will Geer

Zom

James Olson

David

Crew

Karen Arthur

Director

Don Chastain

Writer

Carol Littleton

Editor

John Bailey

Director of Photography

Roger Kellaway

Music

Popular Reviews

7 reviews

Doog

7.0★ · 05/23/25

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Man, this bitch is crazy. Carol Kane and Lee Grant kill their roles. Pretty compelling, kinda disturbing at times, and I felt bad for the monkey. I'm a sucker for weird psychosexual thrillers, and this delivered. Good stuff.