She Devil story

movie: She Devil (1957) · 1957-04

Doctor Dan Scott uses a panacea he developed to cure a girl of tuberculosis, but there are some devilish side effects.

9 total · 6 major · 3 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
cure for an as yet uncurable disease major Doctor Dan Scott develops a serum that he used to cure a dying Kyra Zelas of tuberculosis.
doctor and patient romance major Doctor Dan Scott became infatuated with his patient Kyra Zelas.
greedy heir major After marrying Barton Kendall for his money, Kyra Zelas murdered him and inherited his fortune.
the human capacity for good and evil major Injecting Kyra Zelas with the serum changed from being a meek and gentle "human being" into a monstrous "inhuman being" as Doctor Richard Bach put it.
unrequited love major Dan Scott fell in love with Kyra Zelas. Barton Kendall at Kyra Zelas.
what if I underwent a physical metamorphosis major Kyra Zelas went from being a meek woman of delicate physical constitution a physically powerful and rejuvinated, aggressive, vindictive, murderous monster. She also became more and more beautiful.
husband and wife minor Kyra Zelas became married Barton Kendall after she murdered his wife
romantic infidelity minor Evelyn Kendall caught her husband Barton Kendall making romantic advanced toward Kyra Zelas. In the aftermath, Barton Kendall expressed his desire to get a divorce.
unethical human experimentation minor Doctor Richard Bach would only allow Doctor Dan Scott to test his serum on a person, instead of on animals as he had been doing, who was on death's door.