Cissy (Kane) and Ellen (Grant) are daughters of a deceased African primatologist who kept wild animals in a cage in his living room. While one of the sisters seems to be keeping her head on straight, as it were, the other appears to be … The Mafu Cage (1978) IMDB 6.0. Genres : Drama, Horror, Thriller Ellen, a successful astronomer, cares for her mentally-ill sister, Cissy, who keeps a variety of primates in the home they inherited from their anthropologist father. 56. TMDb Score. However, it was hardly that; And very perversely bizarre. With Lee Grant, Carol Kane, Will Geer, James Olson. The Mafu Cage 25.90 Academy Award winner Lee Grant stars with Academy Award nominee Carol Kane in this psychological thriller directed by Emmy winner Karen Arthur. The Mafu Cage (1978) By SpookyFlix Admin | April 9, 2021 - 2:41 am | April 9, 2021 captivity/kidnapping , incest , insanity/madness , lesbianism , murder , obsession IMDB 3. Mentally unbalanced, Cissy virtually lives in this exotic 'Mafu Cage', crowded with hothouse plants and strange African artifacts. R 1 hr 42 min Jan 1st, 1978 Thriller, Horror. Mentally unbalanced, Cissy virtually lives in this exotic 'Mafu Cage', crowded with hothouse plants and strange African artifacts. Directed by Karen Arthur. Ellen is obsessed with the caretaking of Cissy and must keep a constant watch on her sister's unpredictable personality. Reading the flipside of the box led me to believe that this would simply be a run-of-the-mill 70s horror flick. The centerpiece of their livingroom is a large cage, where Cissy keeps her rotating queue of ‘mafus’ (monkeys) who live as long as she will let them before she loses patience and sentences them to death. I couldn’t really say whether The Mafu Cage is well-regarded or not because it’s not regarded, period. (1978) "A terrifying love story." The Mafu Cage 1978 Drama / Horror / Thriller. 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