A scientist, aided by an old hag and her two sons, kills virginal brides, steals their bodies, and extracts gland fluid to keep his ancient wife alive and young.
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Title: The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
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| Bela Lugosi | ... | Dr. George Lorenz | |
| Luana Walters | ... | Patricia Hunter | |
| Tristram Coffin | ... | Dr. Foster (as Tris Coffin) | |
| Elizabeth Russell | ... | Countess Lorenz | |
| Minerva Urecal | ... | Fagah | |
| Angelo Rossitto | ... | Toby (as Angelo) | |
| Joan Barclay | ... | Alice Wentworth | |
| Kenneth Harlan | ... | Keenan - Editor | |
| Gwen Kenyon | ... | Peggy Woods | |
| Vince Barnett | ... | Sandy | |
| Frank Moran | ... | Angel | |
| George Eldredge | ... | Mike (as George Eldridge) | |
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Dr. Lorenz, a mad scientist, wants to keep his elderly wife young. He does this by kidnapping young females and extracting fluid from them. He then injects this fluid into his wife. Written by Josh Pasnak <chainsaw@intouch.bc.ca>
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Horror to make your hair stand on end! See more »Parents Guide:
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Dr. Lorenz: Of course. You are beautiful. And I shall always keep you that way.
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The music Dr. Lorenz plays on the organ in two separate scenes is "Ave Maria." See more »Goofs
When getting ready for bed, Pat unbuttons her jacket, but in the next shot the jacket is buttoned again and stays buttoned for the rest of the scene - because she changed her mind about going to bed. See more »Quotes
Countess Lorenz: Can you bear to look at me now?Dr. Lorenz: Of course. You are beautiful. And I shall always keep you that way.
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8 May 1942 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Dr. Lorenz (Bela Lugosi) drugs young brides, kidnaps their bodies and takes spinal fluid from their necks to keep his 80 year old wife looking young. OK--it's not "Citizen Kane" but the plot is kind of interesting (in a ridiculous sort of way) and they throw in some unbelievable horror cliches--i.e. Lorenzs' assistants include an old lady, her idiot son (who Lugosi whips at one point) and a dwarf! Unfortunately they throw in an extremely annoying female reporter and a totally unmotivated romance. Also it is a Monogram picture, so production values are low (to put it mildly). Still, it does work and Lugosi gives a very good performance.