The Vengeance of She

The Vengeance of She is a 1968 British fantasy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring John Richardson, Olinka Berova, Edward Judd, André Morell and Colin Blakely.

In return, Men-Hari, a member of the Magi, the ancient Chaldean race of wise men, will also be allowed to enter the sacred flame and become immortal, which will expand his already formidable mental powers to the point where he will be able to take over the entire world.

Men-Hari is opposed by his father, Za-Tor, longtime leader of the Magi, and by Dr. Phillip Smith, a psychiatrist, who meets and falls in love with Carol during her journey.

Upon their arrival, Carol is welcomed, but Phillip, whom Men-Hari rightly perceives as a threat to his evil scheme, is imprisoned.

Kallikrates, now despondent beyond all reasoning, then commits suicide by re-entering the sacred flame, despite Sharna's efforts to stop him.

As the others watch in horror, Kallikrates ages hundreds of years in a matter of seconds, then dies and crumbles to dust.

As Phillip and Carol leave the chamber and head for the main entrance to the city, Za-Tor revives just long enough to pray for Kuma's destruction, since its people have now become evil beyond all hope of rehabilitation.

As the two lovers begin making their way back to civilization, the last fragments of the giant sculpture of Ayesha that stood above the entrance are engulfed by the sacred flame, signifying the end of Kuma and the Magi for all time.

[5] Filming took place at MGM/EMI studios in England; Monte Carlo; and Almeria, Spain, starting on 26 June 1967.

[5] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Grotesquely unconvincing melodrama, inspired in name only by Rider Haggard, and starring a young Czech actress who presents a busty front to all eventualities but is otherwise required to be almost entirely somnambulistic.

Drive-in advertisement from 1968