Vi Mason (Tormented)

Vi Mason (Juli Reding) is a sort of anti-villainess in the 1960 horror film "Tormented".
Jazz pianist Tom Stewart (Richard Carlson) lives in Cape Cod Island, and is preparing to marry his fiancee Meg Hubbard (Lugene Sanders). Shortly before his wedding, Tom's old girlfriend, Vi Mason visits him and informs him that she will ened his relationship with Meg, using blackmail if necessary.
However, while arguing with Tom atop a lighthouse, the railing she is leaning on gives way. She manages to hang on briefly, but Tom refuses to help her and watches her fall to her death.
The following day, Tom sees Vi's body floating in the water. After he retrieves her, the body turns into seaweed. He tries to forget what he's seen, but over the next days, Vi's watch washes up on the beach, and strange footprints appear in the sand. Vi's ghost appears and tells Tom that she will haunt him for the rest of his life.
When Meg's little sister Sandy Hubbard (Susan Gordon) asks to see the wedding ring Tom will give Meg, a disembodied hand makes off with it.
During a party for Tom and Meg, Vi's desembodied hand appears in a photo a guest takes of the couple. Later, when Tom is alone, Vi taunts him that she'll now use her voice to tell the world how Tom Stewart killed her.
To add to Tom's dilemma, a ferry driver comes looking for Tom, intent on collecting $5 Vi owed him for her trip to the island. When Tom hurridly pays him off, the fellow sticks around and attempts to blackmail Tom, which leads to Tom's death. Unbeknownst to Tom, Sandy has inadvertently witnessed the murder.
Sandy keeps quiet about the man's death. At the wedding she almost speaks up at the point in the ceremony where the minister asks if anyone objects to the marriage. However, before she can speak up, the church's front door burst open and the flowers all wilt and the candles die out. this brings the ceremony to an abrupt halt.
Later that night, Tom goes to the lighthouse and tells Vi's ghost that he is leaving the island. When he finds Sandy listening in, he realizes that he is trapped. Sandy knows too much and could possibly tell Meg and the others. Desperate, Tom leads Sandy up tot he broken lighthouse railing with the intent to push her over. However, Vi's ghost swoops down on him, causing him to go over the edge as Sandy watched.
When the islanders search for Tom's body, the first one they find is Vi's. Shortly afterward, Tom's body is found and placed next to Vi's body. Somehow, Vi's body manages toturn and lay her arm across his body. On Vi's dead hand is the engagement ring that was supposed to be Meg's, signaling that Tom is now stuck forever with Vi.
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Category:1960s
Category:Blackmailer
Category:Blonde
Category:Jealous
Category:Knee Length Skirts & Dresses
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Low Cut Top
Category:Demise: High Fall
Category:Fate: Deceased
Category:Man Kills Villainess