Were Tansy's spells really protecting the Taylors? Could there be some truth to witchcraft and the "protections" it can afford? A possessed Tansy attacks Norman and tries to kill him. An unseen burglar attempts to break in to the Taylor's home. When Tansy confesses to her husband that she's a witch, he pronounces it mumbo jumbo and makes her burn all her supernatural charms and witchly materials.Īlmost immediately things begin to go horribly wrong: one of Norman's prized students accuses him of rape. Tansy's even been using her spells and "protections" to advance her husband's career, paving the way for his potential nomination to the Chair of his department. Little does he know - but soon discovers - his lovely wife Tansy (Janet Blair) is a practicing witch who's been using her witchcraft to "protect" her husband from sinister forces at work in the college hierarchy. If you refuse to believe in them, Taylor tells us, things like witchcraft and the dark arts simply won't exist. Norman Taylor (Wyngarde) is a distinguished university professor of psychology & sociology who lectures on the theme of belief systems which inform superstitution and the occult. With Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnson, Anthony Nicholls, Colin Gordon, Kathleen Byron, Reginald Beckwith.īased on Fritz Leiber's 1943 supernatural horror novel Conjure Wife, this 1962 British flick about undercover witches at an English college is quite enjoyable!
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