1975 Directed by Bryan Forbes
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
Katharine Ross Paula Prentiss Nanette Newman Judith Baldwin Peter Masterson Tina Louise Carol Eve Rossen William Prince Mary Stuart Masterson Patrick O'Neal Dee Wallace George Coe Franklin Cover Carole Mallory Toni Reid Barbara Rucker Robert Fields Josef Sommer Paula Trueman Michael Higgins Martha Greenhouse Neil Brooks Cunningham Remak Ramsay Ronny Sullivan John Aprea Kenneth McMillan Tom Spratley
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“I like to watch women doing little domestic chores” is one of the creepiest lines of dialogue I’ve ever heard, especially with that wistful music playing over it... actually this whole conformity nightmare scenario gives me the creeps.
"The Stepford Wives" is an iconic film, so much so that the title has been used to coin a phrase. There's really nothing special to the film's style - the cinematography, editing, or art design - although I'd argue that the acting is pretty great.
However, the story itself is way ahead of its time; indeed, it's still revolutionary to this day. The film's feminist themes are explicit from the outset, and even the environmental concerns are teased out rather easily, but the way the narrative deals with the blurred lines between reality, simulation and simulacra is less obvious and yet fundamentally postmodern.
The 2004 remake turns this film's ideas into a joke, but the "original" - pun intended -…
A really fun and feminist take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Katharine Ross stars as a photographer and mother who moves to Stepford, finding that all the housewives are super pristine, and almost from a different time.
This movie angered many feminist groups at the time, causing protests, however the misogynistic world it depicts isn't by accident, but a reflection of our own society. The point it is trying to make is that the situation is impossible but if it were possible, men are such pigs that many would wish for a situation with a perfect yet plain housewife. I hope others will reflect back on the strong message it is trying to convey. That was my interpretation, I'd love to know others' thoughts.
Great Katharine Ross performance, and great example of early social-horror.
Thanks to ScreeningNotes for putting this on my radar :)
"Why?"
"Because we can."
A succinct exchange that really gets to the core of the banal evil inherent in power.
This film works well because it is both ridiculous and over the top, and yet suttle at the same time. The story focuses on a wild idea (which I won't spoil, for the one person who doesn't already know) surrounding the actions of a certain mens group in a small town in the USA. There are strong messages surrounding gender roles and stereotypes which certainly come through; but the film is much more keen to build it's characters and mystery plot, meaning that you don't feel like you are being battered over the head with ideology while you're watching it. I have a feeling that if this film were made now, many cinemagoers would leave the theatre with a very…
Joanna: Why?
Dale Coba: Why? Because we can.
No evil master plot. No lengthy exposition. Just the most chilling exchange of lines in a horror film.
"Leave Stepford? Good schools, low taxes, clean air?"
Men trying to control women's behavior to enforce conformity to some sort of male-aggrandizing ideal rather than appreciating us as individual human beings whose experiences are just as valid and valuable as their own? Well, we sure are fortunate that's an incredibly far-fetched premise!
Despite knowing exactly how this was going to turn out thanks to having seen it referenced or parodied on a number of occasions, I was relieved to find that this film was so well-crafted that it had no difficulty holding me in suspense. The clear standouts here are the writing and the acting.
One random thing I really appreciated was the brief environmentalist tangent where Bobbie thought there…
I love an intelligent, dark satire. Its influence on films like Get Out and Greener Grass is plain to see. I'm honestly floored at how good this movie is. The old TV and magazine ads that portray domesticity are so ridiculous to look at through a 2019 lens, but it's interesting how the absurdity of that portrayal was so divisive. Clearly, everyone involved in this film understood what they were trying to convey about the archaic view that women were nothing but housecleaning robots, but it's also interesting to note that many feminist groups thought the film was anti-women. It's definitely not, but it shows how the film was ahead of its time.
Also, when my girlfriend Bobby changed I started crying. Truly a horror film!
Imagine thinking you could improve on Katharine Ross...
Has a lot of that social horror that Get Out would eventually run with. I enjoyed that the movie doesn't really waste time. The town feels off from the first minute, but the movie still takes it's time slowly revealing everything. It's a fairly quiet horror movie in that respect. It just creeps along and eventually envelopes you.
I did watch this on Tubi, and it was nice that the service is free, but watching a movie with commercials took some getting used to. Haven't had to do that in a long time.
The thing that stuck with me the most was the hypnotic editing. Scenes fade in and out in ways that never feel right. Sometimes it feels deliberate, other times it feels like I missed a scene or two. Nothing ever feels real, which adds an extra level of creepiness to the whole picture. Then the last twenty minutes kick in and this thing totally rips the doors off the hinges.
Solid little thriller overall. Scrappier than I thought it would be, maybe due to its somewhat popular reputation.
Definitely a bit of a slow build but I went into it pretty blind so I was along for the ride. Fuck men, fr
It took me years of absolutely no effort to find a way to watch this original.
I’d seen the remake, but that hadn’t even been made when Chumbawamba wrote their song Bigmouth Strikes Again, so it didn’t quite scratch the itch.
It’s hard to imagine a world where this wasn’t a predictable arc, but the premise remains haunting today.
That’s why I live in a city…and didn’t breed.
(Enter joke about Connecticut here)
I liked this one. Wouldn’t normally watch since I’m not normally a horror guy, but I kinda had to. Nevertheless it’s good, incredibly well made and has a clear theme throughout. The film also clearly has had influence over many movies, most prominently for me being Get Out. I think there was a bit of that unfortunate downgrade when watching classics where, due to seeing what it inspired first, the original doesn’t have quite the same strength. It’s not the film’s fault, but rather my own.
It is also interesting seeing the slight cultural undertones that led to Reaganomics present in this film. Anyway I’m sort of struggling to fully say what I think with this film. I liked it, but I liked Get Out a lot more. It’s a classic that’s worth seeing, but there are also films that might be a bit more exciting. Still, it gets my recommendation.
Imagine thinking you could improve on Katharine Ross...
Has a lot of that social horror that Get Out would eventually run with. I enjoyed that the movie doesn't really waste time. The town feels off from the first minute, but the movie still takes it's time slowly revealing everything. It's a fairly quiet horror movie in that respect. It just creeps along and eventually envelopes you.
I did watch this on Tubi, and it was nice that the service is free, but watching a movie with commercials took some getting used to. Haven't had to do that in a long time.
um so you’re telling me the canary in the coal mine for these white women losing their identity is often Firing The Help and Not Relying On Hired Labor ……and we were not supposed to think about that one
Classic suburban horror and in the best traditions of the genre has a strong (though not-so-subtle) undercurrent of social commentary. Katharine Ross is great as the lead. There are some genuinely unnerving moments & an engrossing mystery. The plot crescendos in a memorable & haunting ending.
A bit dull. Men do be like that tho. Most accurate part was the replacement for Joanna having way bigger tits lol
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