PREVIEW: Jakob’s Wife (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), Larry Fessenden (The Dead Don’t Die), Bonnie Aarons (The Nun), Nyisha Bell (Poeta), Sarah Lind (Severed), Mark Kelly (Take Me), Robert Rusler (Weird Science), Jay DeVon Johnson (The Last Soul on a Summer Night), CM Punk (Girl on the Third Floor), Omar Salazar (Restraint), Ned Yousef (Bill & Ted Face the Music), Giovannie Cruz (AmeriGeddon), Armani Desirae (film debut), Monica L. Henry (Gunned Down), Skeeta Jenkins (The Man in the Empty Chair), Kathe Newcomb (Transmutation: Deep Water Horizon), Morgan Peter Brown (Private Number), Angelie Denizard (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Travis Stevens (Girl on the Third Floor), director, writer, producer, editor; Kathy Charles (Castle Freak) and Mark Steensland (The Last Way Out), writers; Barbara Crampton (Beyond the Gates), Bob Portal (In a Dark Place) and Inderpal Singh (The Hoarder), producers; Tara Busch (film debut), composer; David Matthews (Dark Light), cinematographer; Aaron Crozier (We Are Still Here), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Anne (Crampton) is the dutiful and supportive wife of local pastor Jakob Fedder (Fessenden), but feels that the decades have turned her marriage into a soulless affair. However, a chance encounter with an old flame suddenly exposes Anne to a newer sense of power, as well as an insatiable new appetite that comes with a deadly cost…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Horror legend Barbara Crampton delights in this gory and darkly comic new chiller, which the star of classics like Re-Animator and Castle Freak also produces.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 19TH AUGUST 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SHUDDER – GET YOUR FREE 7-DAY TRIAL NOW WITH AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

[the_ad id=”14548″]

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Good Fortune (dir. Aziz Ansari)

A guardian angel meddles in the lives of a wealthy entrepreneur and a struggling gig worker…

Plainclothes (dir. Carmen Emmi)

An undercover police officer falls for his latest target…

Tron: Ares (dir. Joachim Rønning)

A super-intelligent program is sent from the digital world to ours for a bold mission…

Good Boy (dir. Ben Leonberg)

A loyal dog witnesses his owner succumb to supernatural forces…

I Swear (dir. Kirk Jones)

A young man with Tourette’s syndrome struggles to live with his condition…

BFI London Film Festival 2025 Reviews: The Secret Agent, Twinless and more!

Our first collection of reviews from this year’s BFI London Film Festival includes write-ups on some of the most anticipated titles from this year’s edition, including Sirât, Left-Handed Girl and others!

Him (dir. Justin Tipping)

An aspiring football player is put through a testing regime by a former quarterback…

The Smashing Machine (dir. Benny Safdie)

Former wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr helps usher in a new era for the sport…

The Lost Bus (dir. Paul Greengrass)

A bus driver rescues a classroom from a destructive wildfire…

Urchin (dir. Harris Dickinson)

A homeless man attempts to turn his life around…

Optimized by Optimole