The original film adaption of the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name 'The Stepford Wives' concerns a high end Connecticut community where the married woman tend to transform, overnight, from their regular flawed and human selves into seeming automatons of domesticity. While the 2004 remake played the material as a comedy this version treats its pretty straight, and you can definitely see its influence on a recent horror classic about personality transformation 'Get Out'. I wasn't wild about the specifics of the final twist but I enjoyed getting there and the general mode of the piece. Good cast includes Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss and Tina Louise. While the film deals with feminist themes Betty Friedan reportedly hated it. ***
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