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While on a South Seas trip, a professor falls in love and marries an exotic native woman.
What he doesn't know is that she was raised by superstitious natives who believe her to be some ... See full
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Director: Reginald Le Borg
Writers: Fritz Leiber Jr. (novel), Scott Darling (adaptation) (as W.
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Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers | See full cast & crew
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While on a South Seas trip, a professor falls in love and marries an
exotic native woman. What he doesn't know is that she was raised by superstitious natives who believe her to be
some kind of supernatural being.

—Anonymous

Better than Average Inner
Sanctum Mystery
Michael Lefkowitz8 February 2002
Weird Woman was one of several mystery films with
supernatural overtones shot by Universal in the 1940's starring Lon Chaney, Jr. as part of the Inner Sanctum series
(using the title of the popular radio suspense program). Chaney was always the lead. This entry is probably the second
best in the series surpassed only by Calling Dr. Death (1943), the first of the Inner Sanctum pictures. Weird Woman was
based on Fritz Leiber's novel The Conjure Wife, a very good read which was later done on television with Larry
Blyden. Chaney is a professor of sociology who has devoted his academic life to rational thought and logic and the fight
against superstition, witchcraft and magic. When he marries an exotic young women who secretly practices sorcery and
brings her back to his campus home, strange events are unleashed. The film captures the tensions and jealousies of the
competing faculty members and their wives and is well acted by a strong cast including Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers (often
Chaney's leading lady), Ralph Morgan (the brother of Frank Morgan, the Wizard of Oz), and Elizabeth Russell. Chaney
gives a compelling performance as the rational professor who suddenly finds his comfortable, logical world upset by
superstition and witchcraft. The film is short, moves quickly, has a nice climax, and is fine as a "B"
programmer. If you want to see how good Leiber's work really can be as a film, however, compare this 1944 version
with the 1962 British remake Burn, Witch, Burn with Janet Blair which is is a truly intriguing and genuinely scary
film.
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Engaging
little thriller
preppy-326 December 2004
A professor (Lon Chaney Jr.) at a college returns from a visit to a
South Seas island with his native wife (Anne Gwynne). His ex girlfriend (Evelyn Ankers) is not pleased. Chaney makes his
wife burn all her superstitous, good luck charms. Then everything in his life goes horribly wrong.

Fun movie.
It's fast-moving and very interesting. Chaney is just so-so but Gwynne is beautiful and very good as his wife. The
best performance is by Ankers--she was usually playing the "good girl" in pictures--here she plays the villain
and she's just great! This is one of the few times she was allowed to show her acting ability.

This was
remade as "Burn Witch Burn" in the 1960s. That was a better movie but this still is a neat little film.
Recommended.
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All
star Universal starlet horror chiller
jharding4430 March 2005
Universal's Inner Sanctum mystery series
gets a lift with not one, not two, not three, not four, but FIVE horror queens from this genre: Evelyn Ankers, Anne
Gwynne, Lois Collier, newcomer Kay (Jackie Lou)Harding, and borrowed from Val Lewton's RKO unit, Elizabeth Russell.
Ankers, Gwynne and Collier all privately joked about the script which had them all
competing for Chaney's affections, when in 'real life' Chaney was not any of the girls' favorite
leading man; Ankers and Gwynne, being best friends, would constantly break up laughing during filming because the
script had Ankers being so mean to Gwynne. The end result of filming shows none of the
comedic goings-on and the mystery-chiller is a high camp surprise that only Universal could produce. Reginald LeBorg
directed and according to Gwynne was a good sport dealing with the 'break-ups' between her and Ankers during
filming. Flavorful music, very familiar to Universal horror fans, and spooky autumn-like surroundings on a dark college
campus add to the suspense. Definitely the BEST of the Inner Sanctum series from Universal.
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A Woman Scorned..........
bsmith55523
October 2006
"Weird Woman" was the second of six "Inner Sanctum" mysteries adapted from the
popular radio series of the day produced in 1943-45 by Universal and starring Lon Chaney Jr.

In this
installment we begin with the young wife, Paula Reed (Anne Gwynne) of College Professor Norman Ried (Chaney), returning
home in the middle of the night from an unknown destination. Reed is concerned about her irrational behavior. We then
flashback to their initial meeting on an unnamed tropical island. It seems that Paula had been raised by a group that
were involved in some sort of witchcraft and voodoo.

Norman and Paula marry and return to Norman's home
in the US. They attend a welcome home party where Norman introduces the people to his new bride. Totally surprised is
Ilona Carr (Evelyn Ankers) who thought that she had been the apple of Norman's eye. Others at the party who welcome
Norman's new bride are Professor Millard Sawtelle (Ralph Morgan) and his wife Evelyn (Elizabeth Russell), the Dean
of Reed's college, Septimus Carr (Harry Hayden), Ilona's brother and Norman's ally, Women's Dean,
Grace Gunnison (Elisabeth Risdon).

Scorned by Reed's rejection of her, Ilona begins to lay a plan for
his destruction. Meanwhile, Reed has become a successful author and scholar. Ilona meanwhile convinces the wimpish
Professor Sawtelle that Reed is planning to expose him for plagiarizing a thesis in order to write his own successful
book. Sawtelle becomes despondent and commits suicide. His wife blames Reed for causing her husband's suicide.

A young hero worshiping student Margaret Mercer (Lois Collier) goes to work for Reed and develops a crush on
him. Her boyfriend David Jennings (Phil Brown) becomes insanely jealous and Ilona uses this to her advantage.

Reed follows his wife on one of her late night outings to find out where she is going. What he finds out changes the
whole course of the story and results in further tragedy.

Chaney as always is excellent. He made even a low
budget feature such as this better just by his presence. Anne Gwynne is lovely as Chaney's mysterious wife. Evelyn
Ankers, Universal's Queen of the "B" horror movies stands out as the scheming Ilona. And yes you do get
to hear her trademark blood curdling scream over the course of the film. Ralph Morgan has little to do and is killed off
far too early in the story. The under appreciated Elizabeth Russell (who had appeared in several Val Lewton films of the
same period) with her scary eye piercing stare also stands out in the supporting cast.

Pretty good little
mystery.
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Weird Woman
(1944) ***
JoeKarlosi22 September 2006
One of the better films in Universal's INNER SANCTUM series of
mysteries to star Lon Chaney, and based on the novel CONJURE WIFE. As a suave and calculated writer of a recent book
about dispelling false superstitions, Lon is married to a lovely young girl named Paula (the adorable Anne Gwynne) whom
he first met at a voodoo ritual on an island some years ago and who is still interested in the occult, magic, and
strange rituals. When all sorts of odd occurrences and deaths transpire, the blame is laid at the feet of the
"witchy" Paula, much to her husband's chagrin. 

This installment benefits from a good cast.
Anne Gwynne has always received my vote for the most attractive of the '40s Universal babes, and Evelyn Ankers (THE
WOLF MAN, THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN) is a close second and earns extra points in this one for portraying a baddie this
time around, much against type. Elizabeth Russell turns in a strong and compelling performance. Director Reginald LeBorg
makes good use of dark, windy nights and eerie atmosphere to nice effect. The subject was tackled again later for the
1962 British film BURN WITCH BURN. *** out of ****
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Liked it.
cliff-p10 October 2002
After 40-odd years of watching horror films,I finally
caught up with this one. My expectations were not high and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found the opening satisfyingly
creepy as the movie is liberally larded with all the necessary elements of the genre e.g. howling wind, "haunted
house" organ music, Lon Chaney's thoughts vouchsafed to us in the form of voice-overs etc etc. I thought the
tension was maintained throughout the film, with the exception of the jungle scenes which are dopey.The ending is
fantastic but appropriate. The companion feature on the video, "The Frozen Ghost", I thought was dull.
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WEIRD WOMAN (Reginald
LeBorg, 1944) **1/2
MARIO GAUCI10 November 2006
This had always been the one "Inner Sanctum" I was
most interested in because it was an adaptation of Fritz Leiber's "Conjure Wife", later filmed as a
superior British horror film, NIGHT OF THE EAGLE aka BURN, WITCH, BURN! (1962). This version is highly enjoyable, even
if some of the fun to be had is the result of its unexpected goofiness and campiness (at least when compared to the
deadly serious 'remake'). The would-be sinister native rituals consist of nothing more than harmless Tahitian
dancing and risible mumbo-jumbo! Lon Chaney's irresistibility to the female sex is unconvincingly stretched to no
fewer than 3 women in the film when, ultimately, he is no more than an amiable beefcake of a leading man! 

Still, the female roles here are surprisingly strong: Anne Gwynne (as Chaney's superstitious native wife),
Elizabeth Risdon (as the acid-tongued Dean), Elizabeth Russell (as the ambitious wife of Chaney's senior colleague)
and especially Evelyn Ankers (relishing a rare villainous role as Chaney's vengeful ex). Ralph Morgan (as
Russell's ill-fated husband and Chaney's direct competitor) also makes a good impression. While the film is
occasionally atmospheric, it suffers in comparison with NIGHT OF THE EAGLE and that film's memorable climax is
sorely missed (especially since the supernatural element is heavily toned down here). A highlight of the film is
Ankers' nightmarish vision as she is haunted by her victims into confessing her crimes.

P.S. As with the
previous entry in the series, CALLING DR. DEATH (1943), the Ygor theme from THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942) is
incorporated into the music score! By the way, am I the only one bothered by the fact that Chaney is billed merely as
"Lon Chaney" rather than "Lon Chaney Jr." - or, for that matter, the fact that the credits merely
state that the film is based on a story by Fritz Leiber without mentioning its actual title?
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Do you believe in voodoo?
Alex da Silva1
March 2010
Professor Lon Chaney Jnr (Norman) returns from the jungle with his new wife Anne Gwynne (Paula). He
slips back into life at the college but his wife has brought with her a multitude of voodoo trinkets. Two other women at
the college, Elizabeth Russell (Evelyn) and Evelyn Ankers (Ilona), don't take kindly to Paula and her jungle ways.
Two deaths follow and the guilty party must be brought to justice. Will superstition win the day and dish out some
justice? 

It's a well-paced film that has good performances from all, especially Elizabeth Russell. She
is both funny and scary and has a very direct, no-nonsense approach which gives her the best lines. Evelyn Ankers is
also good as Ilona. We know who the guilty party is as the film unfolds but this does not take any mystery away from the
proceedings as we are never quite sure what to expect next. There is something lacking with the lead female role,
though.
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Lon Chaney,
Jr. - The Love God
bensonmum215 October 2007
Warning: Spoilers

While doing field research,
Professor Norman Reed (Lon Chaney, Jr.) meets and falls in love with a beautiful, exotic woman. He marries her and
brings her home. Things couldn't be any better for the Professor. That is, until he discovers his wife is still
practicing the voodoo type ceremonies of her homeland. He forbids her from carrying on with the superstitious
mumbo-jumbo. But at what price? Professor Reed's life is suddenly turned upside-down and he faces the ultimate
– a charge of murder. Is it the voodoo or something more close to home but equally sinister that threatens Professor
Reed's future? 

Of the six Inner Sanctum mysteries, Weird Woman is one of my favorites (Pillow of Death
being the other). I suppose some who've seen the movie might think I've overrated it, but these kinds of
movies work for me. Weird Woman is a quick-paced mystery that, at just over 60 minutes, never outstays its welcome. The
"mystery" isn't really hard to figure out, but the all the back-stabbing and other trickery is a lot of
fun. The cast is a blast. Besides Chaney, Weird Woman features some of the best females working in B-films of the 40s
– Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Lois Collier, and Elizabeth Russell. Overall, I've go very few complaints.

One thing that really puzzles me every time I've seen Weird Woman is the way the
script has almost every female in the cast react to Chaney. Watching beautiful women like
Gwynne, Ankers, and Collier swoon after Chaney is a hoot!
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Silly but Fun (Warning: Spoilers
)
dj_bassett10 November 2004
Warning: Spoilers

Very loose adaptation of Fritz Leiber's classic horror novel CONJURE WIFE,
with Lon Chaney as the irresistible lover-man professor who marries a woman on a tropical island (who clearly is meant
to believe a kind of voodoo). He marries her, takes her home, and gets upset when he discovers she's still
practicing magic. But she's convinced she needs to, and when a bunch of bad things start happening he almost
becomes convinced himself. INNER SANCTUM installment is fun if you're in the right mood for it, with a lot of
pleasant bitchiness from a mostly female cast and a very tight running time. Chaney is more a lovable galoot than a
smooth talking loverman, but is game throughout. It doesn't follow the novel much at all, though, which is
disappointing.
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Must
Have Been Plenty of Weird Women Around In The 1940's If They Thought The Wolfman Was Sexy!
oldblackandwhite27
July 2011
Well, Lon Chaney Jr. that is. After being cast as various monsters, most famously The Wolfman, and a
moron in Of Mice And Men, Chaney must have found temporary relief the Inner Sanctum series of second feature mystery
potboilers, in which he was the sophisticated leading man, nattily dressed and sporting a pencil-line mustache like
Errol Flynn. And he's surprisingly believable in this mode. Just goes to show you how those 1940's pinstriped,
double-breasted suits with padded shoulders could spruce up any mug. Considering Chaney's bulk, just picture what
an unbelievable sex symbol he would have made dressed like the average young to middle age guy now -- with a goofy tee
shirt, knobby knees showing beneath baggy shorts, with a ball cap on backwards like the dumbest of the Bowery Boys!
Thank God for the old black and white movies when men dressed like men instead of overgrown Beaver Cleavers! But I
digress...

In Weird Woman, Chaney is a suave college professor, the love idol of not just one, but three
beautiful babes -- Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, and Lois Collier. Gwynne is his wife, a pretty, young half-savage he has
brought back from a sociology study in the South Seas. The orphan of another professor, she was brought up by the
savages, unfortunately with all their heathen superstitions, something of a problem for the logic-minded prof. Even more
of a problem is the bimbo co-ed Collier, who has a serious crush on him. Biggest problem of all is Ankers, the librarian
he had been using before he brought the little brown babe home, now as the bimbo describes her, "a jealous old
cat." Ankers, scheming for revenge, is behind all the mischief that occurs -- not a spoiler, this is known all
along. How all this unfolds, how it affects the professor, his superstitious wife, and the rest of the campus, and the
way the villainess gets her comeuppance is all very suspenseful and entertaining.

Even more entertaining is
how well the authors of this story (Fritz Leiber Jr novel, Scott Darling adaptation) understand and reveal the
cut-throat inner dynamic of a college faculty. Real life professors and administrators and their spouses may find their
portrayal as snippy, catty, licentious, insecure, and overly competitive uncomfortably close to home! If this movie were
remade today, no doubt the much adored professor would be a woman, still with the pin-stripe suit -- but the spurned
librarian would still be one, too! Changing times, changing times! But it wouldn't be such good a movie in any way,
even with a zillion-dollar budget and the top "talent" available today.

Weird Woman, along with the
other 5 low-budget pictures in the Inner Sanctum series, is a good example of how the big studios of Old Hollywood
without halfway trying could turn out entertaining, good-looking movies. All well-acted by Chaney and the other second
tier actors involved, artistically filmed with lots of spooky night scenes, well directed with an intense psychological
angle, scored with appropriately eerie music by Roy Web, all maintaining a fun creepy atmosphere throughout. Great
little filler movies, the longest only 67 minutes. If you like the first one you watch, have a double feature!
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Another excellent Inner
Sanctum mystery
MartinHafer8 August 2008
Warning: Spoilers

In the 1940s, Universal Pictures
made a nice series of mysteries under the umbrella of "The Inner Sanctum" films. Each starred Lon Chaney, Jr.
and were nice little mystery films--especially good since they were B-movies--with a lower budget and pretensions since
they were intended as a second film in a double-feature.

In this film, Chaney is a Sociology professor who
meets a woman on a South Pacific island. Oddly, while everyone there looks Polynesian, she looks like Rita
Hayworth's sister--with very white skin and 1940s American style hair! Despite bad casting, the film mostly has to
do with Chaney and his bride's life once they return to his university in the States. It's obvious that
Chaney's old girlfriend is an evil shrew and she spends most of the movie treating the newlyweds horribly. In
response, the bride decides to use her island magic to protect them. However, when the scientifically minded Chaney
finds out, he destroys her trinkets and immediately bad things begin to happen! How all this is worked out made me very
happy--as the film didn't take a cheap or easy way out and created a very good mystery with a fitting conclusion. A
very good film from a very good series.

By the way, this film is one of six that have been released on
DVD--with three episodes on each DVD. This is from Disk 1 and also includes DEAD MAN'S EYES and CALLING DR. DEATH
(a great title)--both of which are of comparable quality. I strongly recommend you see the series and if you like it,
also try Columbia Pictures' WHISTLER series--as it's very similar in style.
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Good Film
Michael_Elliott29 February 2008
Weird
Woman (1944) 

** 1/2 (out of 4) 

Second in the Inner Sanctum series has a college professor (Lon
Chaney, Jr.) marrying a former voodoo princess (Anne Gwynne) only to have his ex (Evelyn Ankers) seek revenge. This was
certainly better than the previous film but like that film this one here leaves a lot to be desired. I'm a big fan
of Ankers and it was nice seeing her play the bad girl instead of the girl always being saved by the hero. She does a
very good job here as does Gwynne. The ending is very effective but can't overcome slowness in the first part of
the film.
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Disappointing
dougdoepke11 August 2010
College professor brings back native voodoo woman as wife, causing problems with
romantic rivals and academic colleagues.

Best way to take this disappointing second entry in Inner Sanctum
series is as occasional camp. Those jungle voodoo scenes are laughable with their mumbo-jumbo ramblings and back yard
staging. Then too, I'm still wondering just which one of the movie's genuine lovelies is supposed to be the
weird woman. Can't be sweet-faced Paula (Gwynne) since she's about as weird as Shirley Temple. But then
there's cat woman Elizabeth Russell (Evelyn), who's apparently wandered over from the great Val Lewton horror
series, with a hard-eyed stare and piercing manner that's enough to send Clint Eastwood running for cover. Too bad
they couldn't make her the weird woman.

The real problem is with Chaney. He's hardly the
intellectual or romantic type, while putting a Clark Gable moustache on him doesn't compensate. That might be okay
if he really tried. But he comes across as generally bored with the part. Too bad, because he's capable of good
work, as in Of Mice and Men (1940), that is, when he's motivated. On the plus side are all the good-looking girls
for the guys, and I like the way the screenplay works in the academic intrigues. Ironically if you take out the silly
voodoo angle and Chaney, there're the makings of a pretty good dramatic plot and cast in what's left. However,
as things stand, there's nothing much in the way of either imagination or surprise in this disappointing second
entry.
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Weaving her
dread spell of voodoo!
Scott LeBrun20 May 2012
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Weird Woman
Scarecrow-8816 July 2011
Warning: Spoilers

"Ilona, there's something about your smile right now that makes me think
of Jack the Ripper." 

Revered Professor of Anthropology, Norman Reed—also a successful
novelist—meets a beauty while touring a jungle, marries her, and brings Paula back to the states, encountering
all sorts of problems, caused by the conniving Ilona who feels scorned for his not choosing her. The topic of this
second Inner Sanctum Mystery, "Weird Woman" is reason and logic versus superstition and fear, Professor Reed,
cracking under the pressure applied by the scheming Ilona who plants seeds, watching them flower much to her delight, as
Norman's life gets worse and worse. Ilona is the source of absolute misery to everyone within Norman's orbit,
so positively driven to inflict pain for the rejection she feels.

So a professor, Millard (Ralph Morgan,
playing the "weak husband, controlled by dominating wife" character), is told by Ilona that Reed has
discovered a thesis he stole material from for his book. Millard, tormented by the thought of being discovered as a
plagiaristic fraud, commits suicide. Ilona convinces Millard's wife, Evelyn (Elizabeth Russell), that Paula's
voodoo witchcraft and Norman's desire to receive a loftier position (Millard was a candidate for) caused the
suicide. Ilona knows her assistant, student Margaret (Lois Collier), is enamored with Reed and sees an opportunity to
deceive a young man, David Jennings (Phil Brown)—in love with Margaret, although she doesn't feel the same
way—into attempting to murder Reed. It starts by simply working into David's mind that Norman is to blame in
regards to his love going unrequited. When Norman shuns Margaret's advances, considering her a melodramatic kid, it
provides Ilona with another chance to spurn David's anger into action. Then you have an enraged Evelyn confronting
Paula about all the tragedy that has came to Monroe because of her. An accidental shooting, which takes place as David
and Norman are scuffling over the gun (David, wholly overcome by Ilona's deception, even fired two shots at Norman
as a warning of what was possibly to come), could be the final nail in Professor Reed's coffin. Ilona's
craftiness has Reed in a fix, that's for sure. Can Reed discover Ilona's schemes or will he answer for a
manslaughter charge he didn't commit?

While I didn't much care for all the jungle chanting, I was
surprised by how acidic, mean-spirited, and piercing the dialogue is in this film, especially by Ilona and even Norman
who doesn't appreciate the other women trying to win him away from Paula, who he adores and cherishes. Elisabeth
Risdon steals the film as the Dean of Women, with lots of memorable lines, including the one I mentioned at the front of
this review. She's completely supportive of Reed, even as his life is being torn apart, and has a keen judge of
character. The script is talky, and "Weird Woman" is the stuff of soap operas
where a happy marriage, however critically judged by the community of Monroe, is wrongfully assaulted by vamp Ilona.
Ilona is easily Evelyn Ankers most compelling part, getting a chance to play a really evil character with a black heart,
unable to rein in the jealousy that motivates her to create the ensuing melodrama. I wasn't particularly fond of
Reed's insistence of Paula to abandon her pagan beliefs in order to appease him, just because he considers them
illogical and backward. Still, Chaney brings the Talbot pathos we are accustomed to during his Universal period,
presenting a victimized innocent undeserved of Ilona's treachery. Anne Gwynn—the woman Carradine's
Dracula wanted as his vampire bride in "House of Frankenstein"—is pretty and vulnerable, her character
raised by the natives and a pawn to Ilona's predatory methods. The conclusion—regarding Ilona's
fate—is stunning and encourages the possibility that maybe not everything in life can be logically explained.
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A surprisingly tolerable
yarn.
alexanderdavies-9938218 May 2017
"The Inner Sanctum" films usually failed to live up to
anyone's expectations. Out of the six movies made from this series, only two are worth bothering with. "Weird
Woman" is a pretty good one. Once again, Lon Chaney Jnr is the leading man as he plays a college professor who is
the subject and target for petty jealousy and bigotry from his colleagues and students. As a result of this, his wife
employs Witchcraft so as to protect her husband.

Evelyn Ankers is completely cast against type as the main
villain of the piece. She plays her role well.
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Inner Sanctum film noir. Jealousy and superstition.
Michael O'Keefe11 April
2017
Warning: Spoilers

Reginald Le Borg directs this horror and mystery film from the Inner
Sanctum franchise. Professor Norman Reed (Lon Chaney, Jr.) falls in love with a beautiful woman, he meets while on
vacation in the South Seas. He returns to his college community to some excitement over his new book and mixed emotions
about his exotic new wife Paula (Anne Gwynne). She is given a cool reception, especially from Ilona (Evelyn Ankers), who
thought Reed was returning to her. Most of the town is thinking that Paula is a voodoo princess that can conjure
supernatural phenomena. Jealousy, death and strange events lend to hardship for the island beauty to adjust to life
among vicious suspicions. Is she actually a superstitious witch? A very strong cast also features: Ralph Morgan, Lois
Collier, Phil Brown, Harry Hayden, Elisabeth Risdon and Gertrude Astor.
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The second of the "Inner Sanctum's", or as I call
it, "The Whisperer".
mark.waltz19 March 2017
Warning: Spoilers

If you ever want to
drive somebody temporarily crazy, try speaking to them in the loudest or deepest voice whisper, that you can muster.
It's especially effective if they have a slight hangover and is more effective than nails down a chalkboard.
That's the effect of Lon Chaney Jr. in the series of psychological thrillers that Universal made six of in the mid
1940's. Back then, they were considered creative in the technical achievements they helped advance, practically
film noir like, but the plots are over the top, melodramatic and often silly. This entry starts off with promise but
then quickly becomes a twisted example of hatred and bigotry. 

One note Chaney is a college professor who
marries the exotic Anne Gwynne much to the chagrin of the bitchy Evelyn Bankers. This could have been called
"Voodoo Woman" (to play on a double bill with Monogram's "Voodoo Man", released the same year),
for that is the subject of this entry. It's a fairly decent programmer featuring a great supporting cast (aming
them Ralph Morgan, Elisabeth Risdon and Elizabeth Russell) as the uppity college faculty and their spouses who are
polite on the surface towards Gwynne but consider her "weird". I find it funny that co-eds have crushes on
Chaney, and some of the college kids look as if they should have graduated years before.

As the intrigue
grows over Gwynne's presence on campus (including a sudden death where another character starts repeating to Chaney
and Gwynne over and over, "Murderer!"), the script just melts down into silly
serial like antics. Chaney discovers Gwynne with her voodoo gadgets and this leads to an apparent subterfuge against the
new bride. As Chaney continues to whisper (while hitting a punching bag and visualizes jungle drums), the plot takes
wilder twists, with Elizabeth Russell (the nasty aged wife in "The Corpse Vanishes") ranting and raving at
Gwynne and acting quite ridiculous. This just becomes laughable by the last two reels, and from there descends quickly
down. The civilized women prove themselves to be far weirder than Gwynne, completely missing the point of the title.
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Better than some.
Byrdz11
December 2016
Warning: Spoilers

This entry in the Inner Sanctum series is better than some of the
others. Lon Chaney still does his half-whisper-talking-to-himself-thing but it's not nearly as annoying in this
one. The ladies, who are all smitten with Lon, thankfully are not given to arbitrary loud screaming at every
opportunity. 

Anthropologist Margaret Mead would have had something to say about the accuracy of the belief
systems of the "island" as it is a strange mix of multi-ethnic casting, voodoo, Hula-type dancing and a mixed
bag of costuming. Strange and a tad jarring. 

Speaking of jars... the disembodied head makes an appearance in
this I.S. offering and once again is almost unintelligible. 

Thanks to watching this film via Svengoolie, we
now know that the sophomoric lad grew up to be Luke Skywalker's Uncle. Wow! 

Got some time ? Watch this
one. It's fun.
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There's something about your smile that makes me think of Jack the Ripper
kapelusznik1815 February 2016
Warning: Spoilers

***Warning: Spoilers
**** Where introduced to this weird movie by what
looks like a talking head-David Hoffman-trapped inside a fishbowl that tells us to expect the worst in human depravity
as well as murder in the tale that he, or it, is about to tell us. This has to do with Monroe Collage sociology
professor "Handsome Norman" Reed, Lon Chaney Jr., who's wife Paula, Anne Gwynne, that he met married and
brought back to the states from a far off south sea island has been acting strange lately on her midnight excursions in
the wilds. It turns out that Paula has been practicing voodoo that if found out can have her committed as well as cost
him his job.

It turns out that and old flame of Reed's his secretary Ilona Karr, Evelyn Ankers, is out
to expose Paula's strange behavior to the collage board and have Reed canned from his job as an act of revenge in
him dropping her for the younger and far more prettier Paula. Ilona goes so far as getting 18 year old student Margaret
Murcer, Louis Collier, who's got a crush on Reed to work as his new secretary. Ilona knowing that the love sick
Margaret will end up making a pass at him and by the straight as an arrow Reed not responding to it will get a heart
broken Margaret to charged him with sexual harassment for turning her down. To make things even worse for Prof. Reed
Ilona spreads a rumor that he planted the story that his fellow professor Millard Sawtelle, Ralph Morgan, plagiarized
his PHD thesis causing him to flip out and end up killing himself.

***Warning: Spoilers
**** The
last straw in this weird tale of the unhinged is Margaret's jealous boyfriend collage student David Jennings, Phil
Brown, trying to get even with Reeed for stealing, and later kicking out of his office, his girlfriend who in a life and
death struggle with Reed ends up getting shot and killed by his own hand with Reed, who was just defending himself,
charged with David's murder! It was the supernatural that evened things out here with Ilona who felt that she was
in control being cursed through Paula's voodoo rituals that ended with her not only being exposed in all the crazy
things that happened in the movie but also paying for what she did with her life.
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The Inner Sanctum: Fear and Superstition
lugonian13
February 2016
WEIRD WOMAN (Universal, 1944), directed by Reginald LeBorg, is the second of the "Inner
Sanctum" mysteries based on the radio series owned and copyrighted by Simon and Schuster Publishers to star Lon
Chaney Jr. (billed as Lon Chaney). Aside from a movie title that could easily be confused with that of COBRA WOMAN
(Universal, 1944), which also features Lon Chaney in support to Maria Montez and Jon Hall, it's somewhat of an
awkward title for a character supposedly that of a young girl raised on the South Seas islands whose practices in voodoo
rituals to be suspected of witchcraft and murder.

Following the fade-in of a man's head seemingly
floating inside a crystal ball introducing himself as saying, "This is the Inner Santum, the fantastic world
controlled by mass of living, cult seeking flesh. The mind, it destroys, distracts, creates monsters. Yes, even you,
without knowing, can commit murder," the story introduces Norman Reed, a college professor, who, late at night,
receiving a telephone call from Evelyn (Elisabeth Russell) informing him that his wife, Paula (Anne Gwynne), supposedly
asleep for the night, to be seen rushing home. Pretending to be in bed asleep, Norman returns to his study recalling his
initial meeting with Paula on the South Seas island among the natives dancing to the music of "the dance of
death" while venturing there for the thesis of his book. Learning Paula to be the daughter of his deceased friend,
Professor Clayton, and raised by a priestess, the two get better acquainted, return home to the states with Paula.
Coming to Monroe University where he teaches, Norman introduces his new bride to the staff, including Ilona Carr (Evelyn
Ankers), a college librarian in love with Norman, who's not please by the news. With the success of his published
book, "Superstition vs. Reason and Fact," a series of unforeseen circumstances occur to disrupt Norman's
marriage, including the mysterious suicide of Norman's friend, Professor Millard Sawtelle (Ralph Morgan); numerous
"death chant" phone calls to Paula; Norman's arrest for David Jennings (Philip Brown) death in
self-defense; and poisonous thoughts through the minds of others, including Sawtelle's widow, Evelyn, who strongly
suspects the "witch wife" Paula to be responsible.

Possibly the best, or at least, one of the best
in the "Inner Sanctum" unit, other than having the doll-faced Anne Gwynne and Evelyn Ankers on equal status
under Lon Chaney, it's Ankers, Chaney's frequent co-star ("The Wolf Man" (1941), "The Ghost of
Frankenstein" (1942), "Son of Dracula" (1943), who gets the most attention with her performance, and one
of the very few to showcase her so well. Elizabeth Russell, better known for her cat-like facial features that offered
frightening moments in Val Lewton's CAT PEOPLE (RKO Radio, 1942), also gets an honorable mention here as well.
Among others in the cast include: Elisabeth Risdon (Grace Gunnison); Harry Hayden (Professor Septimus Carr, Ilona's
brother); Lois Collier (Margaret Mercer, a student with a crush on Norman working as his assistant, which has her
jealous boyfriend, David Jennings, angry enough to want to kill him); and of course, the uncredited David Hoffman as the
introducer as "The Inner Sanctum." Surprisingly short at 64 minutes, which could have gone a little bit
longer, WEIRD WOMAN, with its eerie underscoring, Chaney's narrative train of thought, and what's to occur one
minute past midnight, makes this a very well-paced mystery with some horror overtones to highly recommend.

This, and the other five "Inner Sanctum" Lon Chaney mysteries, which usually played on broadcast television
as part of horror fest during and prior to the 1970s, was reportedly remade years later as BURN, WITCH, BURN (American
International, 1962) starring Janet Blair and Peter Wyngade. Distributed to home video in 1998 on a double bill to THE
FROZEN GHOST (1945), the last of the Chaney-Ankers collaborations, WEIRD WOMAN is also available as a three film package
("Calling Doctor Death" and "Dead Man's Eyes") on DVD. Next in the "Inner Sanctum"
series, DEAD MAN'S EYES (1944). (***)
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The woman who lied....
simeon_flake3 March 2015
I have to say, I'm a big fan of
these Inner Sanctum mysteries. For the most part, they are better than average--I would even say they are excellent
little chillers & "Weird Woman" is one of the best.

Lon Chaney--taking a respite from his
monster roles--gets a rare opportunity at being a leading man. Some will debate whether Chaney had the looks or the
ability to play such parts, but I think he did an excellent job with nearly all the Inner Sanctum roles he was given. Of
course, I'm a big fan of Lon since my early childhood--so maybe my opinion is a little biased.

Chaney
seemed to want more of these leading man type roles during this point in his career, but seemed to get mostly typecast
as a "horror man" which may have attributed to some of his personal demons--not to mention the shadow of his
late father. Of course, those horror roles for which he was typed led to Lon becoming immortal for generations of
fans--moreso than probably a lot of the guys who were playing romantic leads during Chaney's career.

Getting back to "Weird Woman", Anne Gwynne was always one of my favorite 1940s beauties, Evelyn Ankers is as
pretty as ever--not to mention diabolical--and the supporting cast for this picture may be the best assembled for any of
the Inner Sanctum films (Strange Confession boasts a first rate cast as well).

Overall--if you're a Lon
Chaney fan or just a fan of the old Universal classics in general--then I would say all 6 of the Inner Sanctum mysteries
are required viewing.

8.5 out of 10....
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Do you believe in voodoo in a young girl's heart
bkoganbing31 January 2015
These Inner Sanctum stories that Lon Chaney, Jr. starred in over at Universal Pictures are the only ones out there
where he actually gets the girl. He usually didn't star in parts that called for him getting the girl. But not only
does he get the girl in this case Anne Gwynne, but he's got women falling all over the place for him including
Evelyn Ankers, Elizabeth Russell, and even the Dean of Women in the college where Chaney plays an archeology professor
Elizabeth Risdon gives him the old fish eye.

Chaney tells this one in flashback as he describes bringing home
a bride from the South Seas. It's Gwynne who is the daughter of a colleague, but was raised by the witch
practitioner on the island and taught all the voodoo tricks of the trade. Not exactly material to be in the faculty
wives club.

Anyway Chaney gives the air to Evelyn Ankers and Evelyn ain't about to take being dumped
lying down.

No use in going through the rest of the film as bad things start happening to folks around the
campus. It's pretty obvious who's responsible. 

In a camp sort of way Weird Woman is a whole lot of
fun.
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A Fun Little
Mystery Film
Rainey Dawn22 December 2014
Weird Woman (1944) is the second of six Inner Sanctum films starring
Lon Chaney, Jr. This one is a good little mystery-thriller concerning magic and mysticism. Prof. Norman Reed falls for a
beautiful woman Paula Clayton while on his trip to the South Seas. They fall in-love and marry. Illona Carr is in-love
with the professor, hates his wife and starts meddling in their life. Paula is accused of murder and witchcraft, her
husband is accused of murder. Is Paula really a witch? Are Paula and Prof. Reed murderers? 

A fun little
mystery-thriller! If you like films surrounding occult topics, mysteries and Universal classics then you may enjoy Weird
Woman.

8/10
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