Tansy attacks him with a knife while in a trance, but Norman disarms her and locks her in her room. Tansy, willing to sacrifice her life for her husband's safety, almost drowns herself and is only saved at the last minute by Norman giving in to the practices he despises. He forces her to burn all her magical paraphernalia.Īlmost immediately things start to go wrong: a female student (Judith Stott) accuses Norman of rape, her boyfriend (Bill Mitchell) threatens him with violence, and someone tries to break into the Taylors' home during a thunderstorm. A firm rationalist, Norman is angered by her acceptance of superstition. She insists that her charms have been responsible for his rapid advancement in his academic career and for his general well-being. After a scene in which his wife searches frantically and finds a poppet left by a jealous work rival, he discovers that his wife, Tansy ( Janet Blair), is practising obeah, referred to in the film as "conjure magic", which she learned in Jamaica. Norman Taylor ( Peter Wyngarde) is a psychology professor lecturing about belief systems and superstition. The film was retitled Burn, Witch, Burn! for the US release. The script by Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson and George Baxt was based upon the 1943 Fritz Leiber novel Conjure Wife. Night of the Eagle is a 1962 British horror film directed by Sidney Hayers.
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