Hungry Wives

– A bored, unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft and murder...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 10 Minutes
Release Year:
1972
Hungry Wives (1972)

A bored, unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft and murder.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Genre:

Hungry Wives (1972) - Trailer

Release Date:

18 Apr 1973

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

George A. Romero

Writer:

George A. Romero

Main Actors:

Jan White, Raymond Laine, Ann Muffly, Joedda McClain

Plot:

Joan Mitchell is an unhappy, suburban housewife pushing 40, who has an uncommunicative businessman husband, named Jack, and a distant 19-year-old daughter, named Nikki, on the verge of moving out of the house. Frustrated at her current situation, Joan seeks solace in witchcraft after visiting Marion Hamilton, a local tarot reader and leader of a secret black arts wicca set, who inspires Joan to follow her own path. After dabbling a little in witchcraft, Joan, believing herself to have become a real witch, withdraws into a fantasy world and sinks deeper and deeper into her new lifestyle until the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred and eventually tragedy results.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.5/10
Metacritic:
40%