The doctors use a ploy that leaves Kyra in an unconscious state, then perform surgery to reverse the serum's effect, which also restores Kyra's terminal disease. She becomes well and strong, but develops strange characteristics and a scheming personality. Mari Blanchard is ideal in her role as the gorgeous femme fatale, who has also gained an immunity and cannot be stopped even by her own doctors who've created her. Copyright 1957 by Regal Films, Inc. No New York opening. I remember how she willed herself to change and become a blonde when she was in the changing room, how the Dr. stole some hair from her hair brush so he could have it analyzed and when she is given the final anti-serum and reverts back to the sweet brunette he loved. The younger Jack Kelly is his assistant hovering on falling under Blanchard's spell. In late 2004, I watched episodes of Science-Fiction Theater, a TV series from the mid-1950's. This film begins with a biochemist named "Dr. Dan Scott" (Jack Kelly) feverishly working on a research project involving human adaptation to disease by using fruit flies. An episode of the series titled "Beyond Return", aired in late 1955, presaged the movie with the same story and even specific points (the evolution of the meek terminally ill woman to a murderous villainess, the changing of the woman's hair color, etc.) Dr. Dan Scott has developed a serum that cures the ills of animals, although it did alter the color of a leopard used in one experiment. She Devil is a 1957 American black-and-white widescreen science fiction horror film, shot in RegalScope, from Regal Films, that was produced, written, and directed by Kurt Neumann.The film stars Mari Blanchard, Jack Kelly, and Albert Dekker and was theatrically released by 20th Century Fox on a double bill with Regal's Kronos. After being given a serum extracted from fruit flies (allegedly the most adaptive of creatures), a dying women turns into an ineradicable murderous vamp with the ability to change her hair colour at will. When his wife Evelyn objects, Kyra disguises herself again and murders her. | Doctors Scott and Bach inject the dying Kyra Zelas with a formula which saves her life - but also renders her almost immortal and wickedly evil. She Devil (1957) Passed | 77 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi. As Bill Warren points out elsewhere, director Kurt Neumann had a lot of enthusiasm for the potential of science fiction movies, but he didn't quite seem to have the talents (or the budgets) to make consistently good ones. View production, box office, & company info, Carroll Young (screenplay), Even as a 8 year old,it touched me and made it quite memorable, even in these times. She's cured and everything's great. Metacritic Reviews. In late 2004, I watched episodes of Science-Fiction Theater, a TV series from the mid-1950's. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a fairly decent horror film which definitely benefited from the complete disdain Kyra had for any and all social norms that most people have to observe. Trailers from Hell She Devil (1957) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Another fun 1950s 'B' . 5.7/10 294. Awards | Scott falls in love with her. Critic Reviews. Not only does she radiate perfect health but she also proves immune to all disease, impervious to injury, and able to change hair color from brunette to blonde and back again during moments of crisis. A feminist B-movie ... obviously made by men! Get More From IMDb. Although his experiments on various animals were a tremendous success he now wants to try it on an injured or sick human being. Check out our picks for family friendly movies movies that transcend all ages. They created an inhuman being who destroyed everything she touched! She is probably one of the most wicked women in film history, looking into a mirror and watching her blond hair turn dark again after she is slapped by jealous wife Faye Baker whom she later strangles to death. The cast includes Albert Dekker as a conflicted doctor who frets about playing god, then does so; Jack Kelly (the future Bart Maverick) as the experimentalist who predictably falls in love with his creation; and Mari Blanchard as Kyra Zelas, the titular character who even when on death's doorstep never looks very sick, and who lacks the acting chops to do much with her character outside of making her tritely imperious and malignant. At a party, however, Kyra seduces a guest, Barton Kendall. | Kyra (Mari Blanchard) is dying of advanced tuberculosis and she very willingly agrees to be the guinea pig. FYI: I first saw this movie as a youngster and vividly remember it, even though I can't say it was one of my favorites. Cameraman Karl Struss (of Murnau's Sunrise) slightly over-lights Kyra in the party scene to make her hair seem to glow, a subtle effect for sure. Stanley G. Weinbaum (story "The Adaptive Ultimate"), First filmed as episode of Science-Fiction Theater. In many ways, this film is typical of the 50's "horror" genre as seen in its low-budget, B-list tier of performers and the opinion that a man can save a woman, but who can save a woman from herself (especially one who's developed into some kind of monster)? I was COMPLETELY mesmerized by this film because I loved the concept of this woman who was in essence given everything a human being would need to survive and still gave into her baser instincts and became even more of a monster than before. External Reviews **1/2 out of ****. Unfortunately, both doctors soon learn that the serum has side effects they never reckoned with. With the consent of a dying patient, Kyra Zelas (Mari Blanchard), Dr. Dan Scott (Jack Kelly) injects her with his formula. Not only did the serum cure Kyra, but it gave her other powers as well - the ability to heal instantly and the ability to change her hair color at will (which comes in handy when you're evading the police). Bad Boy. Even so this movie was clearly a grade-B film and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. What can the scientist do to solve this situation? In She Devil, a brilliant scientist has developed a formula to help treat sick and injured patients. I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid on the Sunday afternoon TV matinee. Skip to main content Hello, Sign in. Earlier, she had turned her black hair blond after assaulting a man who dropped money in a department store that she wanted to get her hands on. A spectacular car crash murder scene is an RKO stock shot lifted from the 1952 Otto Preminger noir Angel Face and cropped for the 'scope format. FYI: I first saw this movie as a youngster and vividly remember it, even though I can't say it was one of my favorites. But complicating matters is the fact that his main sponsor, "Dr. Richard Bach" (Albert Dekker) vehemently disagrees with human research without further testing. Once Kyra's pineal gland (here we go) is sufficiently stimulated, her disease immediately goes away. It also dramatically affects her personality. Well, not really. Kyra shows a flash of temper, then jumps out of a car and runs into a shop, where she steals a dress then disguises her identity by willing her hair color to change from brunette to blonde. I remember thinking that would be really cool to be able to do that! The TV episode is credited to Doris Young but that may have been as screenwriter, not necessarily as the original author. As a kid, I remember being really impressed with a scene where, to avoid being caught, the woman (having developed those incredible survival techniques), mentally changes her hair color from brunette to platinum blonde (much like a chameleon). It only leads to misery and death. by at least a year. Suggesting an undeveloped noir angle, a 'haunting' portrait of Kyra becomes the focus of Dan's obsession. The woman they could not kill! She Devil (1957) **1/2 JoeKarlosi 20 March 2013 Two scientists (Albert Dekker and Jack Kelly) treat a young female patient's medical trauma with an injection that has a profound effect: the woman's black hair becomes luminously blonde, she gains an irresistible sexual magnetism, but she also becomes an impulsive thief and killer possessed with the instinct to get whatever she desires at any cost. Dying woman plus miracle serum equals pure evil! I can't believe it only took 20 years for me to find this movie again! So, they want to try it out on a human...but ethically the only way they could do this is to give it to a terminal patient with no hope for recovery. 77 minutes. When will they learn to stay away from the pineal gland? When will the scientists in these 40s/50s sci-fi/horror films learn to stay away from the pineal gland? It stars Mari Blanchard as a dying woman who is suddenly cured through a serum made out of something that came out of a fruit fly and she ends up with the ability to not only change her hair color but to be cured by a panther scratch, a bullet wound and survive a horrendous car wreck. Dr. Scott has created a miracle serum. | It's supposed to be the work of an Italian master, but looks more like a Paint By Numbers atrocity. An episode of the series titled "Beyond Return", aired in late 1955, presaged the movie with the same story and even specific points (the evolution of the meek terminally ill woman to a murderous villainess, the changing of the woman's hair color, etc.) I'm sure that both the TV program and "She Devil" are from the mind of Stanley Weinbaum's 1935 story titled "Adaptive Ultimate". Amazon.com: She Devil (1957): Mari Blanchard, Jack Kelly, Albert Dekker, John Archer, Fay Baker, Marie Blake, Paul Cavanagh, George Baxter, Helen Jay, Joan Bradshaw, Kurt Neumann, She Devil (1957), She Devil (1957), Kurt Neumann, Mari Blanchard, Jack Kelly, Albert Dekker, John Archer, She Devil (1957), She Devil (1957): Movies & TV . She kills Evelyn Kendall (Fay Baker) in order to marry her wealthy husband, Barton Kendall (John Archer) and later kills him to inherit his wealth. The hair-color changing is a filter trick, an invention Struss first used back in the silent era. by at least a year. Added to Watchlist. She Devil (1957) Plot. | He changes his mind, however, when he meets a patient named "Kyra Zelas" (Mari Blanchard) who is suffering from terminal tuberculosis and doesn't have long to live.
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