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Movie poster: The Mafu Cage (1978)
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The Mafu Cage

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1978 · 102 min Thriller Horror
5.9 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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Year 1978
Country United States of America
Genre Thriller, Horror
Director Karen Arthur
Runtime 102 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.9/10 (28 votes)

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The film constructs a suffocating chamber piece, relying on the brilliant, unsettling performances of Carol Kane and Lee Grant. It explores inherited madness and symbiotic dependency with clinical precision, where devotion curdles into possession.

What lingers after viewing is a profound sense of unease about the cages we build from memory and trauma. The horror here is quiet, domestic, and all the more devastating for it. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Karen Arthur

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Watch alone at night, with no distractions, to fully feel the walls close in.

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