THE CORPSE VANISHES Bela Lugosi! Free on BloodStream and YouTube in 4K

‘Horror to make your hair stand on end!’
The Corpse Vanishes is a 1942 mystery horror film about a mad scientist who kills virginal brides, steals their bodies, and extracts gland fluid to keep his ancient wife alive and young.

The movie was directed by Wallace Fox (Pillow of Death; Bowery at Midnight) from a screenplay by Harvey Gates (Werewolf of London) based on a story by Sam Robins and Gerald Schnitzer.

The Monogram Pictures-Banner Productions movie stars Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin, Elizabeth Russell (Bedlam; The Seventh Victim; Cat People) and  Angelo Rossitto. The producers were Jack Dietz and Sam Katzman.

Plot:
Mad scientist Doctor George Lorenz (Bela Lugosi) injects his ageing wife (Elizabeth Russell) with fluids from virginal young brides in order to preserve her beauty. Journalist Patricia Hunter (Luana Walters) and Doctor Foster (Tristram Coffin) investigate and solve the disappearances of the brides…

“A shot of Bela in the morgue wagon coffin, looking stunned, eyes wide, is invariably greeted with chortles. By the time the film is wrapping up, and Lugosi is chasing Minerva Urecal ‘round and ‘round the operating table in a scene out of a Three Stooges comedy, viewers caught up in the fun are usually weak from laughter.” Tom Weaver, Poverty Row Horrors! book

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Cast and credits:
Bela Lugosi … Doctor George Lorenz
Luana Walters … Patricia Hunter
Tristram Coffin … Doctor Foster
Elizabeth Russell … Countess Lorenz
Minerva Urecal … Fagah
Angelo Rossitto … Toby
Joan Barclay … Alice Wentworth
Kenneth Harlan … Editor Keenan
Gwen Kenyon … Peggy Wood
Vince Barnett … Sandy
Frank Moran … Angel
George Eldredge … Mike

Technical specs:
64 minutes
Black and white
Aspect ratio: 1.37: 1
Audio: Mono

Censorship:
In 1942, British censors refused the film a certificate. It was eventually released in 1952 as The Case of the Missing Brides.

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