The read
It runs a compact 1h 4m.
Synopsis
After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of rational science and hers of bizarre dancing and freaky voodoo rituals. Norman's stuck-up friends also sense Paula's strangeness, and soon their meddling gossip and suspicious scheming push the poor woman to use her magic to defend herself and her husband – and maybe even to kill! Or is it just the power of suggestion...?
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Reginald Le BorgDirector
- Paul SawtellOriginal Music Composer
- Brenda WeisbergScreenplay
Cast
- Lon Chaney Jr.Prof. Norman Reed
- Anne GwynnePaula Clayton Reed
- Evelyn AnkersIllona Carr
- Ralph MorganProf. Millard Sawtelle
- Elisabeth RisdonDean Grace Gunnison
- Lois CollierMargaret Mercer
- Harry HaydenDean Septimus Carr
- Elizabeth RussellEvelyn Sawtelle
- Phil BrownDavid Jennings
- Kay HardingStudent
- Gertrude AstorParty Guest (uncredited)
- Edmund MortimerParty Guest (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
suicidejealousybased on novel or booksuperstitionprofessorvoodoodeceptionwitchcraftinner sanctumtropical islandpsychotronic