Weird Woman

Weird Woman

WEAVING HER WEIRD DEAD SPELL OF VOODOO!

Directed by Reginald Le Borg

Produced by Universal Pictures

194464 min6.0 / 10

A mid-century horror-mystery that pits rational skepticism against supernatural superstition, using voodoo and witchcraft as both literal threat and psychological weapon in a tale of jealousy and social persecution.

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...?

Questions people ask

  • Is Weird Woman scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does Weird Woman end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Weird Woman sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Weird Woman easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Weird Woman violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

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Rarity57

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Surprise56

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Love22

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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