Horror icon Barbara Crampton gets a starring role that doesn't deserve her in an uneven and unconvincing vampire B-movie.

NEW TO SHUDDER! Loving both Barbara Crampton and Larry Fessenden, I was sure that Jakob's Wife would be enjoyable just based on their appearances. Of course, I was right, but there's more to it than that. The film is a monster movie of sorts, but the film's real bad guy is misogyny. Barbara Crampton plays Anne

Allow yourself a little cringe time in the opening act of "Jakob's Wife," a horror tale shot and set in quaint Canton, Mississippi. Pay no heed to the fact that every "teen" you meet is up for the "thirtysomething" reboot. Don't get too wrapped-up in the details of the "troubled marriage" between boorish, snoring, loud-eating…

Barbara Crampton is reliably bloody and funny as a preacher’s wife whose dreary life is upended by a vampire’s kiss

This is what it looks like when you have two very experienced actors dig into a script worthy of them.

A gruesome, funny, and proudly low-budget horror comedy about a meek pastor’s wife who rediscovers her self-esteem when she’s bitten by a vampire and starts craving blood.

In our Jakob's Wife review, we have a gory and gooey good time with a horror comedy about vampires and a troubled marriage.

Travis Stevens’ “Jakob’s Wife” is a film about a universal fear and the horror of becoming a housewife. Built on a clever premise, the film is executed seamlessly. It’s a great example of a B-movie done right: resilient and resourceful, with more ideas than special effects. Stevens creates a thoughtful and very relatable world in […]

Travis Stevens’s film is psychologically astute, until it gives itself over to turning subtext into extremely legible text.