The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Wonderfully offbeat film!

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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.

Following a rash of mysterious wedding disappearances, a reporter believes a clue found at every scene ties a European botanist to the brides' disappearances needing them for his wife's youth-restoring surgeries and set a trap to catch him in the act of abducting his victims.This here is a rather decent film at times. What really helps this one out is the few scenes of solid atmosphere present here which is much better here than expected for such a title since most of the film's middle section takes place inside a creepy castle, giving it a really spooky feel. With secret passageways into rooms, characters appearing and disappearing, shadows being thrown across the walls and a raging thunderstorm in the background, this has the hallmarks of a classic Gothic horror film, and it's easily the creepiest sequence in the film. With this also including the odd creepy image here and there, from the series of scenes in the laboratory as he's preparing his experiments with his staff to the really freaky scene where one character's disembodied head appears to be floating in the background as it spies on another character and the creepy family hanging around her while she's at their house makes for some decent times here. As well, the mystery that comes out of the film quite naturally and has the appearance of being put together with some intelligence, with one clue leading logically to another as the transition from the brides disappearing to the flowers found there to the botanist and finally the wife. That is a nice thing to see how it's all quite realistically pieced together and it's really not that forced at all. Otherwise, there isn't much else about this one, and as there isn't much to this, there isn't a whole lot to dislike in this one. The sheer lunacy of the motive to spring this into action is quite high, lending it a series of easier scenarios the viewer can come up with that will provide the villains with the same goal rather than to try such a really insane strategy. That none of them are even carried out, even for how out there the motive is, makes them even more infuriating, and really don't do much for suggesting terror or fear at anything. None of the motivations for doing so are revealed either, giving this a really confusing at times. There's also the rather big nature of having a really slow- moving pace and stuttering along for long periods of time without much action, which for a movie this short doesn't provide this with many opportunities to add to the pace as so many of these scenes lends a little more campiness to the proceedings rather than chills. That makes this one of the more unspectacular films from the time period.Today's Rating/PG: Violence.

This is a fairly painful movie to endure even in MST3K'd form, and even if you enjoy Lugosi's work. There are some pretty, plucky girls in it, but that's about the only positive. The only thing I found interesting about it is that this 1942 film seems to have made an impression on a young Ed Wood, who in 1955's "Bride of the Monster" recreated Bela's lab set from "The Corpse Vanishes" very closely, and even lifted the scene where Bela catches his big but infant-brained minion tenderly stroking something belonging to the reclined lady strapped to the slab (her hair in this case rather than a fur garment) and whips him in punishment. Honestly, "Bride of the Monster" is a much more entertaining flick, so more power to Ed. I enjoy Bela Lugosi's work, but most of what he has to work with here is pretty boring -- so much more fun to watch him chewing his way through a slab of Ed Wood's absurdly goofy yet always drama-suffused dialogue. :-)

I really enjoyed this one,, not a classic by any stretch but way better than the amazing mr. x . this one had me laughing all the way,, a news reporter from the society page is assigned the task of figuring out why and who keeps killing virgin young brides, then proceeds to steal the corpse away to an unknown location for as yet unknown purpose. Bela Lugosi does his usual good acting in this acting his usual creepy self. their are many interesting characters in here and all with very interesting parts throughout the movie. it was full of laughs and very enjoyable to watch throughout. without getting into why the corpses are taken away, and to what they are used for I will have to let you watch this and see what you all think about it, I personally loved this movie.