‘There’s only you and your dreams’
Housewife is a 2017 Turkish horror film directed by Can Evrenol (The Field Guide to Evil; Baskin; Turn Your Bloody Phone Off) from a screenplay co-written with Cem Özüduru. It stars Clémentine Poidatz, David Sakurai and Defne Halman.
On a snowy eve, Little Holly’s sister and father are killed by her frantic mother.
Years later, Holly is married, lonely, and her life is soon about take a turn for the ultra weird, when she visits “Umbrella of Love and Mind”…
Reviews:
“I didn’t think a movie like this would feature the apocalypse with H.P. Lovecraft-inspired imagery, but Evrenol does a fine job transitioning a audience from something ordinary into something that’s completely f*cked up, and I mean that in a very good way. All while making a movie that’s deeply personal and so much fun to watch. Housewife isn’t for everyone, but if you allow the film to work its magic on you, you’ll find something worth watching.” Rudie Obias, Shock Ya!
” …Baskin was one hell of a debut feature, but I can’t help thinking maybe Housewife was a step in the wrong direction. There is somehow too much story and not enough movie all at the same time. Unreliable narrators are a fun and often engaging tool in thrillers, but they really only work if the narrative sews itself back together neatly enough to see behind the curtain at the end, and that just didn’t happen here.” J. Hurtado, Screen Anarchy
“Genre fans will constantly wade through the muck in hopes of striking gold, and in many ways Can made that murky journey for us. He distills so many elements from the Italian maestros, many of whom we may never get to see or hear of, then fills it with all the textures and characteristics we expect from films that we expect from this exciting new visionary — something that is both new and old simultaneously.” Jacob Trussell, Ghastly Grinning
“Housewife will likely be a divisive film, as was Baskin. It is strange, difficult to describe, and has a very particular pace. The acting, evocative of classic giallos, can feel unnatural. There are things people will fault it for, and maybe objectively I wouldn’t be able to disagree. But it’s not a film I can review objectively. As a giallo fan, as a fan of bafflingly strange cosmic horror, as a fan of the unexplainable and of the surreal, I was sold almost immediately.” Elijah Taylor, Terror Time
“The gore factor is stunning and shocking. You want to know more but I cannot tell you anything else. It’s just… wow. Gory as f*ck. Stomachs will turn!” Andrew Mack, Screen Anarchy
IMDb | Source: Screen Anarchy
Categories: 2017
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