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Jakob's Wife

2021

Travis Stevens

Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, Bonnie Aarons, Nyisha Bell ...

5.0

102

Horror Anne, married to a small-town Minister, feels her life has been shrinking over the past 30 years. Encountering 'The Master' brings her a new sense of power and an appetite to live bolder. However, the change comes with a heavy body count.

	Author	Review
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"Stevens mostly compensates for weaknesses in the dialogue by shifting among the film’s wildly divergent tones"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"Horror icon Barbara Crampton gets a starring role that doesn't deserve her in an uneven and unconvincing vampire B-movie (...) [It] feels strangely anemic"	NEG
United States	Rob Hunter Film School Rejects	"That Jakob’s Wife works as often as not is no small thing, but the tone never really gels leaving its success to falls mostly to the combined talents of two leads"	POS
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"It lacks a clear identity (...) Still, the over-the-top gore, great soundtrack, and Crampton fully unleashed will be more than enough to please the midnight crowd looking for a gory time (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"The classic vampire theme is looped into an insightful and often very funny commentary on marriage and the limitations placed on women (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jacob Hall SlashFilm	"Simultaneously, Jakob’s Wife is a portrait of how to nail a blend of humor and horror and an example of how difficult it can be. Even at 97 minutes, the film drags"	NEU
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"The themes of 'Jakob’s Wife' are a bit simplistic, but the lead performances are incredibly complex"	NEU

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