Tweekums As this film opens a young bride is just saying 'I do' when she collapses and is pronounced dead. She is driven off in a hearse then a second group of undertakers arrives; it turns out the first were body snatchers! We soon learn that she was the fourth bride to die on her wedding day then disappear. There is another society wedding is due soon and the authorities assure everybody that nothing can go wrong. Shortly before the service the bride is presented with an orchid which she wears… soon she is victim number five. Junior reporter Patricia Hunter is keen to investigate the case and discovers the orchid; it is a particularly rare hybrid created by a scientist, Dr George Lorenz, who lives not that far away. She goes to his house to ask him about the flower and discovers far more than she bargained for. Dr Lorenz has been collecting the brides for a bizarre procedure to keep his own, elderly wife looking young. He is assisted by his housekeeper and her sons, a malicious dwarf and a simpleton with strange proclivities. He also gets help from an unwitting local doctor.This low budget horror may have quite a few faults but I still found it rather fun. I liked the central idea even if it does rely on the police being rather incompetent not to have spotted the orchid connection after four such unlikely deaths and a protagonists who investigates the orchid herself rather than reporting it to the authorities… these details don't really matter though; sometimes one just has to accept such details are necessary for the story. The characters are solid; Luana Walters does a fine job as the spirited young reporter and Bela Lugosi is suitably creepy, without being excessively so as Dr Lorenz. The Lorenz house is suitably creepy and the use of secret passages may be cliché but still enabled us to get some mildly scary moments. Overall I thought this was a fun little film; it is unlikely to scare modern horror fans but it is still worth a watch.

marshrydrob Brides are dying, during wedding ceremonies; under mysterious circumstances. Stranger still, the bodies are being stolen.One reporter, finds a clue: a rare flower; used as a corsage, that is a species of poisonous plant; has been given to each victim, by an unknown benefactor.Bela Lugosi, plays one of his most interesting roles yet; as a doctor, that is using the blood of brides; to restore the beauty of his betrothed.The Corpse Vanishes, is a really good movie. It may not feel like an actual horror film, but the talent gathered; plays the movie well. The acting ability of the talent gathered, should have been better recognized.The Corpse Vanishes, will appeal to Bela Lugosi fans; and to fans of classical horror.

binapiraeus There's a very strange and frightening murder series going on: young brides all of a sudden faint and die during their wedding ceremony - the nightmare of every young couple and their parents... But not enough with that: the bodies of the brides are stolen practically right from the altar! But a cheeky girl reporter finally finds a clue: an orchid with a strange smell, and she soon finds out that every one of the brides wore an orchid like this.And so, determined to get out of her gossip column job at last and into the REAL (yellow press) journalism, she finds out who grows these rare orchids, and ventures right into the lion's den - where she meets a perfect, but somehow reserved gentleman and his beautiful, but obviously psychologically disturbed wife. But what she doesn't know yet: this gentleman is the same man who peeps grinning out of the hearse every time it takes away the bodies of the dead brides...Here Bela Lugosi REALLY seems to be in his element: the stately, well-mannered, but somehow sinister gentleman who turns out to be something COMPLETELY different at the end - but not a blood-thirsty monster as we may suspect, but a caring, obeying husband; only not in the USUAL way...This is one of the 'serious' movies that Bela made for Monogram - and he DID take it serious. His performance is excellent, and even if the script at a close look does show some flaws, the direction is perfect: the classic, haunting atmosphere of doom seems to hang above everyone's head - but will fate spare anybody? Find out for yourself - it's REALLY worth watching, a 'must' for every fan of classic horror!

Chrissie The central mystery of "The Corpse Vanishes" hinges on who is stealing the corpses of brides who unexpectedly drop dead immediately after saying "I do." The deeper mystery is why the brains of all the characters have vanished.You would think that with a string of keeled-over brides, the police, or at least the public health officials, would be trying to figure out why a bunch of young, healthy women are kicking the bucket when they should be kissing the groom. Likewise, it seems that this is the angle the newspapers would be investigating. Instead, the focus is on who is stealing the bodies. "The murderer" is the most obvious answer.Of course, with all these dead brides, one would expect the wedding business to go into a bit of a slump -- or for armed security at weddings to suddenly come into vogue. But no! Weddings go on as usual, with nobody so much as babysitting the corpse to keep it from being misappropriated.From such a foundation, you can easily imagine how inexplicable the characters' behavior remains throughout. I won't spoil the fun by providing examples, lest you, dear reader, wish to enjoy "The Corpse Vanishes" on MSTTK.