The Strangler's Wife (2002 Video) User Reviews

not bad... for low budget..... extra star for surprising good ending.

[afterdarkpak · 7/10 · 16 August 2020]

Somehow decent performance . the movie seems like 90s VHS style or format. the plot is simple n straight .

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i wasn't expecting that ending, i really thought wife would kill the husband or leave him . or maybe husband kill her and also get killed in the end.

But it gives good ending, because that husband rescued her from abusive father. so she didnt leave him after she made him paralysed. she said she going to take care him . thats a good ending , as both husband n wife has very dark , twisted past.

Ya know... this ain't too shabby!

[hc_earwicker · 8/10 · 14 March 2004]

I picked this up for business reasons, but I'll be damned if it wasn't a taut, little thriller that's actually far deeper than it would let on. You think it's a little scream-and-boob-fest about a serial killer, but in fact it turns out to be a rather interesting discourse on marriage, incest, control, sex and body image. Not bad at all, really! One minor problem I had with the picture... I know it's not a police procedural, but MAN the cops seem dumb: the guy's leaving evidence all over the place and a reporter seems to trump the cop in this. But, like I say, it's not a police procedural, the filmmakers get most things right. The principal cast is quite good, in particular the lead couple. And the soundtrack, while occasionally intrusive, is really quite impressive. I don't know how this film did so much with so little. Very few missteps in this film. These people should be congratulated. It didn't FEEL direct-to-video. It felt *shudder* like an art movie. And it's a damn sight better than the Swimming Pool, that overrated piece of French tripe that had just as much breastage, and a completely useless plot.