Jakob's Wife

The film could have been a bit more audacious about tweaking Christian pieties, but you can't have everything.

The wackier things get, the more droll [Jay DeVon Johnson] becomes, and he is really, really funny. Once I started rolling with his take on what's going on, the film got a little funny for me.

There was actually a surprising amount of substance and depth to the characters, although the tonal shifts didn't always work.

"Jakob's Wife" proudly embraces its inherent B-ness. But it's the star who makes this a low-down hoot while rooting it in some tart and deserved observations about the battle of the sexes.

By turns funny, grisly, tragic and insightful, Jakob's Wife carries the smartness of years.

An insightful and often very funny commentary on marriage and the limitations placed on women.

It takes the film a while to find its footing, but — due in large part to Crampton’s performance — Jakob’s Wife sticks the landing and gives horror fans a bloody feminist horror story with bite.

All in all, Jakob's Wife was a disappointment. The premise and the central performance were there, but the script and the inexplicably campy touches keep this thing from realizing its full potential.

Two horror legends, Crampton and Fessenden, bring gigantic amounts of gravitas.

Jakob's Wife could have been more streamlined to tell a more satisfying story.