This second entry in the "Inner Sanctum" mystery series isn't quite as hauntingly gloomy and at the same time cruelly realistic as the first one, "Calling Dr. Death" - but it's certainly filled to the brim with jealousy, Shakespeare's 'green-eyed monster', that can bring MUCH more evil to people than any other feeling...
It all starts when good-natured, popular and successful college professor Reed returns from a South Sea Island trip - with a brand new wife, a white girl that was brought up with the Polynesian superstitions; and although Reed is a strong believer in reason and has written whole books against superstition, he can't get Paula to give up her belief in those voodoo-like traditions... And his friends (most of all Ilona, his former girlfriend) see her as a dangerous intruder into the 'peaceful' world of Monroe College - and as a witch! And soon, tragic events start happening that seem to confirm everyone's suspicions about Paula - or perhaps there's ANOTHER kind of 'witch' at work here?
Although it's a little bit over the top at some points, "Weird Woman" certainly gives us a VERY clear and merciless picture about what disasters negative emotions can create - and it also gives Evelyn Ankers, Lon Chaney Jr.'s co-star once more, a chance to show a QUITE different shade of her acting range; probably one of her best performances ever, along with an overall brilliant cast. A 'weird' picture maybe - but surely a MOST suspenseful and fascinating one!
It all starts when good-natured, popular and successful college professor Reed returns from a South Sea Island trip - with a brand new wife, a white girl that was brought up with the Polynesian superstitions; and although Reed is a strong believer in reason and has written whole books against superstition, he can't get Paula to give up her belief in those voodoo-like traditions... And his friends (most of all Ilona, his former girlfriend) see her as a dangerous intruder into the 'peaceful' world of Monroe College - and as a witch! And soon, tragic events start happening that seem to confirm everyone's suspicions about Paula - or perhaps there's ANOTHER kind of 'witch' at work here?
Although it's a little bit over the top at some points, "Weird Woman" certainly gives us a VERY clear and merciless picture about what disasters negative emotions can create - and it also gives Evelyn Ankers, Lon Chaney Jr.'s co-star once more, a chance to show a QUITE different shade of her acting range; probably one of her best performances ever, along with an overall brilliant cast. A 'weird' picture maybe - but surely a MOST suspenseful and fascinating one!