A librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at altar. She fantasizes his death and finds joy only with her pet monkey. When the monkey disappears, a shocking past is revealed.
Acting
Carrie Snodgress transforms repression into full-body horror
Direction
Graver's TV-movie sleaze somehow becomes art
Director
Gary Graver
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ray Milland was 74 and reportedly hated every minute, which absolutely fuels his performance as a man who wants to die but refuses to give anyone the satisfaction.
This is basically 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' if Jane had a monkey and zero camp — the 1980s VHS era's forgotten contribution to the 'hag horror' tradition.
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