I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with. island, jealousy, love triangle, nurse, superstition, voodoo, calypso, plantation, half-brother, psychological abuse, sorrow, sibling rivalry, zombie, doctor, alcoholic, tower, val lewton, tropical island, voodoo ritual, science vs religion, guilty conscience, voodoo doll, gothic romance, brain dead, descendants of african slaves, plantation owner, cane field