Housewife from Hell

HOUSEWIFE FROM HELL is a godawful sex comedy with no sex and no comedy. It also tries to go for a supernatural plot, but it's so ludicrous and poorly-achieved that that doesn't ring true for a second either. The film's best scene involves the husband bumping off his wife in the opening moments by electrocuting her in the bathtub, but it's all downhill from there.

The problem with HOUSEWIFE FROM HELL is that it has zero storyline. Rather, it's a series of sketches, half of which are filled with the lamest comedy imaginable, and the other half of which involve women stripping off. There's a LOT of stripping in this movie; we see about a dozen women removing their bras, revealing their silicon-enhanced assets, and it all has an oddly grimy and sleazy feel to it.

It's certainly neither erotic nor alluring; rather a depressing slice of early '90s adult entertainment, desperate to attract the attention of male viewers. The cast is so bad that a number of genuine porn stars are present (hello, Ron Jeremy!) and you can pretty much imagine the calibre and delivery of the script just from that.

If so then you'll consider "Housewife From Hell" to be a Godsend! Jacqueline, Shanna McCullough, Lisa Comshaw and Ron Jeremy have all done their fair share of hardcore porn. I'm not trying to make a lame joke when I say that their level of acting put on display here is, at times, below the level of acting in many hardcore films.

What is passed off as a plot concerns an unhappy husband tossing a hairdryer (plugged in of course) into his frigid wife's bath. Let's just say she went from ice cold to smokin' hot in a matter of seconds. As any vengeful ex-wife is bound to do, she continues to nag him from beyond the grave. As if hauntings weren't bad enough, the poor guy has to contend with Ron Jeremy playing detective. His "investigation", for lack of a better term, involves him showing up at inopportune times to make inane comments, drink beer and hit on some babes.

The REAL plot, however, is this: naked women. You get to see many pairs of large breasts mixed in with a couple of fleeting frontals. Some might be tempted to classify this as softcore but there aren't really any sex scenes so I'm not sure what you'd call it. I just know what I'd call it...and it's not very nice. 1/10