Macabre (1980): Cast & Plot
Macabre is a 1980 horror film directed by Lamberto Bava, starring Bernice Stegers as Jane Baker, Veronica Zinny and Roberto Posse. It runs 1 hour 29 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 29m (89 min)
- Director
- Lamberto Bava
- Genre
- Horror
- Original language
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Italian - Studio
- A.M.A. Film
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Macabre About?
The premise of Macabre without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
She once juggled a secret lover, but nothing compares to what she now stores in her freezer. A middle‑aged woman, haunted by the death of her cheating paramour, moves into a New Orleans boarding house. The blind landlord grows suspicious as she continues an unsettling relationship with her dead lover.
Macabre Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- mother kills own child
- necrophilia
- bare chested male
- accident
- perversion
- woman in a bubble bath
- naked man in bath
- drowning in a bathtub
- sister drowns her brother
- bubble bath
- overflowing bathtub
- man in a bathtub
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- woman in a bathtub
- 4 roses bourbon
- kissing a severed head
- one word title
- writhing in ecstasy
- child in a bathtub
- girl in bathtub
- boy in a bathtub
- filicide
- tub
- bath
- bathtub
- giallo
- female star appears nude
- sex with a ghost
- decapitated in a car crash
- female masturbation
- mother drowns daughter
- burned face
- new orleans louisiana
- death of lover
- extramarital affair
- severed head
- murder
- child murders a child
- female nudity
- fratricide
- drowning
- child murderess
- blindness
- refrigerator
- divorce
- child fratricide
- strangulation
- female frontal nudity
- mental illness
- decapitation
- violence
Macabre Cast & Characters
Bernice Stegers leads the cast as Jane Baker, with Veronica Zinny as Lucy Baker and Roberto Posse as Fred Kellerman. Directed by Lamberto Bava; 7 actors are credited in all.
- Director Lamberto Bava
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Bernice Stegers as Jane Baker - Veronica Zinny as Lucy Baker
- Roberto Posse as Fred Kellerman
- Stanko Molnar as Robert Duval
Also Starring in Macabre
· 3 more- Elisa Kadigia Bove Mrs. Duval
- Fernando Pannullo Leslie Baker
- Ferdinando Orlandi Mr. Wells
More from Lamberto Bava
More films directed by Lamberto Bava, best-rated first: Demons, The Torturer, Body Puzzle and The Cave of the Golden Rose.
Macabre Plot Summary
What happens in Macabre from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 4-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Jane Baker, Bernice Stegers, a woman living in New Orleans, carries on an affair with Fred Kellerman, Roberto Posse, behind her husband and children’s backs. Her adolescent daughter Lucy, Veronica Zinny, suspects the affair. Jane carries on trysts with Fred in an apartment she rents in a boarding house owned by Mrs. Duval, Elisa Kadigia Bove, where her blind adult son Robert, Stanko Molnar, also lives. The fragile balance between private desire and family duty casts a tense shadow over the building, where every sound inside the walls seems to carry more weight than it should.
Full summary
The whole story of Macabre, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know Macabre?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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Who is Jane Baker's secret lover in the film?
Cars in Macabre
22 cars on screen, including the 1975 Ford LTD and the 1975 Ford Maverick.
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1975 Ford LTD Minor role -
1975 Ford Maverick Minor role -
1970 Jeep Wagoneer Minor role -
Volkswagen Sedán Typ 1 Minor role
Macabre Also Known As
7 alternative titles, including “Frozen Terror” and “Baiser macabre”.
- Also known as
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- Frozen Terror
- Baiser macabre
- Macabro - Die Küsse der Jane Baxter
- 死神之吻
- 죽음의 무도회
- Макабро
- Makabra
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Macabre FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Macabre, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Macabre?
Macabre runs 1 hour 29 minutes (89 minutes).
When was Macabre released?
Macabre was released on April 17, 1980.
Who directed Macabre?
Macabre was directed by Lamberto Bava.
More films by Lamberto Bava Who is in the cast of Macabre?
Macabre stars Bernice Stegers as Jane Baker, Veronica Zinny as Lucy Baker and Roberto Posse as Fred Kellerman, among 7 credited actors.
Does Macabre have a post-credit scene?
No. Macabre has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Macabre in?
The original language of Macabre is Italian.
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