This film was a pet project of
Joan Fontaine, based on a novel by Peter Curtis. It was her last feature film. Fontaine stars as teacher Gwen Mayfield, who is in charge of a missionary school in Africa. A witch doctor puts a curse on her, and she has a nervous breakdown. Returning to England, she takes a job running a small rural school. In the village, there is an active voodoo cult. They have targeted a young woman named Linda (
Ingrid Brett), whom they plan to offer as a virgin sacrifice. The cult members are led by journalist Stephanie Bax (
Kay Walsh), whom Mayfield discovers is the head witch. Mayfield's student Ronnie Dowsett (
Martin Stephens) is being harassed by the cult to keep him from protecting Linda, his girlfriend. This British production was titled
The Devil's Own in the U.S. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide