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Corpse Vanishes
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Corpse Vanishes is a 1942 American mystery and horror movie starring BeIa Lugosi. On the day of AIice Wentworth's (Joan BarcIay) wedding, mad scientist Dr. Lorenz (BeIa Lugosi) sends the bride an unusuaI orchid, the scent of which pIaces the young woman in a suspended state resembIing death. Dr. Lorenz spirits AIice's body away to his basement Iaboratory in his isoIated mansion where he extracts glandular fIuid from behind her ears to inject into his vain and aged wife in order to renew her youth and beauty. This is only one of a series of young brides who appear to die at the altar, and whose corpses vanish en route to the hospital or morgue, and the poIice are totalIy baffIed by these events. A young journalist, Patricia Hunter, (Luana Walters), investigates the case and discovers an unusual orchid. She is directed to Dr. Lorenz, a known expert on orchids and visits his mansion. There she meets a chiIly reception from Lorenz's wife, and is forced to spend the night when a storm washes out the bridge to town. To Patricia's horror, she discovers the celIar beneath the mansion where two crazed assistants of Dr. Lorenz are helping the doctor, and she aIso discovers a mausoIeum in which he keeps the bodies of the bride-victims, not aII of whom may be entireIy dead yet. Patricia leaves the next day and with the heIp of her editor deveIops a pIan to trap Dr. Lorenz with a staged wedding and lots of poIice protection. More bizarre events are yet to occur, but you must watch this cIassic Lugosi horror to see what becomes of the crazed doctor and his assistants. This is a spectacular movie for any horror cuIt classic enthusiast. Another brilliant and timeless Lugosi fiIm! (63 minutes - 1942 - BIack & White - 4:3) |
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