I saw this only cos i had enjoyed the director's Baskin but this movie is one helluva jumbled mess.

It started off very well and the dreams n hallucinations sequences are terrifying but the ending ruined everything.

There is no explanation about the lady from the portrait or the amulet.

Sex scenes are added but none of em is erotic enuff.

The lead actress is skinny n her boobs ain't good.

The skin peeling scene is totally uncalled for.

The director is obviously inspired by David Lynch, Lars von Trier, H. P. Lovecraft n 60s satanic cult movies bit somehow he never succeeded.

So something horrid happened to a woman as a child. Now an adult, this woman is experiencing ennui and dissatisfaction in her marriage and life. Enter an old friend/lover/throuple woman. This woman is associated with some life empowering group. Then all sense of plot and rationality leaves. What follows is a confusing bizarre attempt to produce something from nothing. Oh and then tentacles from the sky. End film. Production is done well. Acting isn't bad, but given the senselessness of the script, it would be difficult to give a good performance. Only for truly truly fanatics of Lovecraftian cinema and maybe even then, no.

Right, well I will just be honest and say that I was lured into watching the 2017 thriller "Housewife" from the movie's cover. It had a somewhat Lovecraftian vibe to it. And never having heard about "Housewife", of course I opted to give the movie a chance as I stumbled upon it here in 2022.

Man, talk about an insanely slow paced narrative. The storyline told in "Housewife", a written by Can Evrenol and Cem Özüduru was such a swing and a miss that it was just unfathomable. The movie was so slow paced that it was quite an ordeal to sit through. Especially since nothing interesting actually took place as the movie snailed its way towards the end. Director Can Evrenol wholeheartedly failed to entertain me with this train wreck of a 2017 thriller.

The acting performances in the movie were actually fair enough, despite the fact that the actors and actresses had nothing to work with in terms of an entertaining script, riveting characters or interesting dialogue. So thumbs up to the performers, at least.

There was absolutely nothing thrilling about "Housewife", so it was a major disappointment to sit through this movie. And as for it being Lovecraftian, well the cover was, and that was about it. Don't even bother hoping for anything more.

My rating of "Housewife" lands on a two out of ten stars, and that is based on the production value.