Anne and Jakob s marriage is on the rocks, well before a horrific force flutters into their world and makes them reconsider what they really want from each other. It s clearly in trouble when Anne (Crampton) decides to have a not-so-innocent lunch with an old flame. She is, after all, the wife of the pastor, and it s that hint of a dalliance that infuriates Jakob – even more than the fact that Anne has come under the bloodcurdling thrall of a full-blown Nosferatu-style vampire.
In the aptly-named observational horror-comedy
Jakob s Wife, it would be easy to see the story as an empowerment narrative, and that s undoubtedly part of what director Travis Stevens achieves through the excellent casting of Crampton as Anne. Deep into her post-