As a bit of background, the Universal Inner Sanctum series was based on an old 40's radio show that was sort of a version of the Twilight Zone or some kind of spooky series. Universal apparently bought the rights or partnered with the makers of the series to produce some rather indifferent B-movies for the most part.
The series starred Lon Chaney Jr., hardly a guy one would associate with leading man type roles. Weird Woman was one of the films in this series and probably one of the better ones. Chaney plays a college professor with a new wife he picked up on some tropical island. The wife is a big believer in the occult which Chaney scoffs at. He probably should have been a little more aware for it seems at the college that Chaney teaches, black magic is being used to advance the careers of certain members of the faculty at his expense and maybe even his life.
Weird Woman is based on a book by a fantasy writer named Fritz Leiber called Conjure Wife. Considering the 63 minute running time the film does a fairly decent job of following the the plot of the book.
This film isn't bad but considering it's age it does sort of play like an extended version of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone TV series. The screenplay was by Brenda Weisberg .
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