Review of Jakob's Wife (2021) by Ty Burr for Boston Globe — 14 Apr 2021

Believability takes a back seat here, obviously, and the special effects are so over-the-top bloody as to be more comical than scary; unlike In the Earth, a much slicker British horror film opening in theaters this week, 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.