Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Rainey Dawn 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

utgard14 While on a South Seas island, Professor Norman Reed (Lon Chaney, Jr.) meets and falls in love with beautiful but superstitious Paula Clayton (Anne Gwynne). The two marry and return home where Reed's career quickly flourishes. Soon, Reed discovers his wife has brought her island's voodoo practices home with her. When he makes her stop, bad things start to happen to him.The second in Universal's fun Inner Sanctum series starring Chaney. This one has an excellent supporting cast, led by Evelyn Ankers in a rare villainous role as Chaney's witchy ex-girlfriend Ilona. Ankers seems to be having a lot of fun with the part. Wait til you see her final scene! Anne Gwynne and Lois Collier join Ankers as the movie's trio of lovely actresses. The rest of the cast includes Ralph Morgan, Elisabeth Risdon, Harry Hayden, and Val Lewton regular Elizabeth Russell. They're all great. The novel on which this is based, "Conjure Wife," would be adapted again with the sixties classic Night of the Eagle (aka Burn, Witch, Burn!). Weird Woman is another cool Inner Sanctum movie. Definitely check it out and see the whole series as they are all fun.

AaronCapenBanner Lon Chaney Jr. plays college professor Norman Reed, who is visiting a South Seas island researching his new book, when he chances upon meeting the daughter(played by Anne Gwynne) of a former(now deceased) colleague, who has joined a native(and superstitious) tribe. He marries her and takes her back home to his college, where he and his book are welcomed back warmly, though an old flame(played by Evelyn Ankers) is dismayed by the new wife, and begins a subtle campaign of vengeance to drive her away, though she underestimates the power of "voodoo magic" and belief... Pretty good film has fine acting(especially Ankers) and an imaginative script, leading to a most clever ending, even if it's too short to fully realize its potential.

bensonmum2 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!