The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

Directed by

Wallace Fox

Genre

horror film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 04m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 76 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mad scientist kidnaps young brides and injects their fluids into his wife to keep her young. A journalist and a doctor team up to solve the disappearances and stop him.

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What happens

The Corpse Vanishes is a 1942 American mystery horror film starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Wallace Fox, and written by Harvey Gates. Lugosi portrays a mad scientist who injects his aging wife (played by Elizabeth Russell) with fluids from virginal young brides in order to preserve her beauty. Luana Walters as a journalist and Tristram Coffin as a small-town doctor investigate and solve the disappearances of the brides. The film was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures, and was reissued in 1949 by Favorite Films Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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