She Devil (1957)
7/10
SCI-HORROR...NORISH ELEMENTS...GOOD CAST...STRIKING B&W...CLASSIC STORY
17 August 2021
Under-the-Radar Low-Budget Science Dabbler.

Familiar Story, from Noted Author Stanley G. Weinbaum ("The Adaptive Ultimate").

A "Miracle" Cure-All is Injected into Terminal Tubercular Mari Blanchard.

She Instantly Recovers but with Positive/Negative Side-Effects. Invulnerable with Chameleon Like Body Manipulative Powers (changing hair-color in a whim),

Complication Abound Including a Personality Change into a Socio-Pathic Narcissist.

The Movie Skirts Film-Noir in Tone and Style.

It is also one of those Misogynist Movies, Typical of the Era, with Pre-Determine Roles for Women. Rigid,Conservative Hive Mentality Machinations.

With Her New-Found Abilities She will have None of that. "Try and stop me."

Mari Blanchard's Angular Odd Beauty Enhances Her Role and She Dominates All Her Scenes.

She is Co-Starred a Pre-"Maverick" Jack Kelly and Albert Dekker who is Always a Presence On Screen.

The Sleek Black and White Cinematographer is by the Famous Karl Struss with a Career Dating Back to F. W. Murnau

The Film with All its Intriguing Ingredients Contributing to Make This...

Worth a Watch.
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