What is basically a rehash of The Cat People minus the suspense is an alright Gothic horror movie that is not camp like most monster movies of the mid 1950's. It all starts with a curse on a group of soldiers in the middle East who end up cursed as a result of an encounter with a native upset over their ridicule over his beliefs. The arrival with the cool beauty Faith Domergue overlaps with a series of violent deaths where nothing horrific is seen, only implied. As Domergue ends up romantically involved with one of the men, one of the last surviving men, Richard Long, seeks to prove that somehow a curse is involved.
Enjoyable but somewhat bland, this is greatly aided by shadowy photography, this takes a bit of time to really began to make sense and retain interest. Domergue, once the protégée of Howard Hughes at RKO finds perhaps the one role for which she will be slightly remembered. Implying the gruesome deaths rather than showing the actual method in which they happen makes this slightly more interesting although it certainly does not belong with the mainline of horror classics which are not forgotten today.
Enjoyable but somewhat bland, this is greatly aided by shadowy photography, this takes a bit of time to really began to make sense and retain interest. Domergue, once the protégée of Howard Hughes at RKO finds perhaps the one role for which she will be slightly remembered. Implying the gruesome deaths rather than showing the actual method in which they happen makes this slightly more interesting although it certainly does not belong with the mainline of horror classics which are not forgotten today.