Jakob’s Wife

In “Jakob’s Wife,” the classic vampire theme is looped into an insightful and often very funny commentary on marriage and the limitations placed on women.

Never has the idea that vampire and vampire hunter are caught in a codependent relationship been more elegantly and humorously framed.

Barbara Crampton shows why she’s a horror legend...

Just take note that Anne is played by horror veteran Barbara Crampton and Jakob is the always in-demand Larry Fessenden, and as the expression goes, “WAIT for it.”

...as a comic, genre-inflected study of middle-aged female rage, it’s a gas.

...familiar, somewhat traditional themes and tropes were given an updated twist; complemented by Tara Busch’s synthesizer music, which somehow straddles the line between modern and retro.