'The Perfect Husband' starts off well, with so much potential and promise, then it descends into something even more horrific than imagined - and it's pretty darn good! Gabriella Wright hasn't got a particularly overbearing screen presence but this does work in her favour, and her onscreen husband alternates between wimpy and terrifying in each scene which keeps you on your toes, never knowing when he might snap.
A young couple named Nicola and Viola go to an old cabin in the woods (where have you heard this before) to rest and recuperate after Viola suffers an awful miscarriage leading her to a nervous breakdown. Very soon after arriving, Viola starts realising that Nicola is behaving oddly, he's rather possessive, snappy and angry interspersed with abject apologies soon after. Added to which, Viola is having strange dreams involving her miscarried baby, and feels like she is being spied on.
This sounds pretty good to start with, but the second part of it really blows your mind, and overall I thought it was extremely well done with a nice build up of tension and ghastly climax.
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