Lady In A Cage [1964]

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Nasty little film with absoloutely NO style.......2007-04-23

Psycho certainly has a lot to answer for...immediately following that film we had a lot of dark films including Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte and this one. The problem is though, whilst Psycho was a cinematic masterpiece, Baby Jane and Sweet Charlotte had great storys/direction, dark humour and camp appeal...this film is totally lacking in any style. Theres no dark humour, the story is far fetched, the characters unlikable and unbelieveable and its just nasty for the sake of it with scenes of a dead dog, eye stabbings, a hobo being stabbed to death and a head crushed by a car all done in rather a graphic style simply to up the shock element. Its simply not enjoyable and why De Havilland agreed to appear in a film in which she spent most of it stuck in a lift, let alone one with such a terrible script is beyond me...its totally beneath her.

The director should hang his head in shame, the opening credits are done in such a manner to suggest he was a Hitchcock fan and was trying to emulate his work, the result though was just a nasty little film that few will enjoy.

An overlooked horror classic!.......2006-12-14

The first thing that makes this film so unique is that is does not need to rely on heavy amounts of gore to thrill the viewer (although there is some). Olivia de Havilland shines as the film's damsel in distress when she is trapped in her in-home elevator after a power cut. After raising the alarm, she is soon visited by an old tramp, an alcoholic prostitute and a deadly gang, lead by James Caan in his first major film role. Caan gives an electrifying performance as does Ann Sothern as the boozy Sade. Overall, Lady In A Cage is a film that all modern horror films take note of. You will not be dissapointed!

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Lady in a Cage [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Olivia de Havilland , James Caan , Jennifer Billingsley , Jeff Corey , and Ann Sothern
Director: Walter Grauman
Manufacturer: Paramount
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0007KIFRS
Release Date: 2005-03-29

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