Three men making a movie in the jungle rush to the nearest village after one of them is attacked by a lion. The local doctor does what he can for the injured man, but his beautiful and nefarious wife(played by Allison Hayes) has designs on the men, since she is also the local voodoo high priestess, who uses her powers to torment her husband(whom she hates) and seduce the men. They find it difficult to resist, though feel guilty and refuse to murder him, leading to a revenge showdown. Though a paltry production, with a paper-thin story and poor writing, it is the sultry Allison Hayes who gives the film the camp value it does possess, though that's all.

Only four reviews for 1957's "The Disembodied," while its cofeature, the deadly dull "From Hell It Came," has 35? Both films were prominent fixtures on Pittsburgh's Chiller Theater back in the 1960s, airing 5 times apiece, each running just over an hour, probably shot on the same studio jungle sets, etc. Guess the Tabonga from Hell gets more love than the sultry Allison Hayes, who practically oozes sensuality every moment she's on screen in "The Disembodied." "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" may be more famous than this Allied Artists potboiler, but you must admit she was certainly the right actress to heighten the temperature of any self respecting male viewer. The bored wife of an older jungle doctor (John E. Wengraf) moonlighting (literally) as a voodoo priestess, captivating every man she comes across, except for the one she wants most (played by a game Paul Burke); her easy seduction of a native servant proves to be her undoing however. The main drawback is hazy character motivation, though the actors carry far more conviction than the somnambulists walking through "From Hell It Came" (the native girls are younger and prettier too). Director Walter Grauman later became a pioneer of the network TV movie, with a pair of early titles featuring John Carradine, 1969's "Daughter of the Mind" and 1970's "Crowhaven Farm." While she got to play her share of good girls ("The Unearthly"), Allison Hayes shows why she truly excels as the bad girl, and like Barbara Shelley in "Cat Girl," demonstrates real star quality by maintaining interest whenever she's on screen, proving to be her finest showcase, with no giant aliens to distract us from her feminine wiles (shake that thang!). "The Disembodied" aired on Pittsburgh's Chiller Theater five times: Sun Jan 26 1964 (following Saturday's "The Monster That Challenged the World"), Mar 27 1965 (following 1956's "It Conquered the World"), July 16 1966 (following 1958's "Terror in the Haunted House"), Dec 30 1967 (following 1960's "Circus of Horrors"), and Aug 16 1969 (following 1966's "Majin, the Monster of Terror").

Duller-than-a-butter-knife story of a frustrated but attractive woman (Allison Hayes) who's living in the jungle with her older doctor husband, whom she despises for reasons we're not told. She's got a knack for conjuring up voodoo spells and periodically uses them to try and kill her spouse. Then a trio of men arrive seeking treatment after one of them gets hurt, and the jungle queen becomes interested in one of them. Nothing really happens in this hour or so of tedium, and it's only worth a look to see a couple of scenes with the well-proportioned Ms. Hayes doing a ritual dance wearing very little clothing. * out of ****

This low rent dreary voodoo pic may be one of the dullest low budget horror/science fiction films from the fifties. The film is set in some nondescript jungle where a band of adventurers arrive at the remote jungle home of a "white doctor" and his native wife. The wife is always putting hexes on her doctor husband whom she hates, although the reason for her malice is never explained. The sets consists of a few cheap jungle sets, and the interior of the house. The native population is a strange polyglot mix of blacks, whites and what looks like Indonesians so often found in cheap jungle pictures. The only reason for watching this (other than if you are completest like me) is the presence of Allison Hayes, who looks gorgeous in a flower print sarong. THE DISEMBODIED is one of a handful of cheap Voodoo pictures made in the fifties. Most of these weren't any good, but some like ZOMBIES OF MORA TAU at least have a kind of campy, cockeyed charm that makes them appealing. THE DISEMBODIED is a film so dreary and uneventful that it is no wonder it is mostly forgotten today except by fans of the lovely Allison Hayes.