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The Corpse Vanishes

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Corpse Vanishes is a 1942 film directed by Wallace Fox.Intrepid Reporter Patricia Hunter is following the case of the Vanishing Brides, where dozens of young brides have suddenly been struck dead at the altar and their bodies mysteriously vanish en route to the morgue. The idiotic photographer who accompanies Patricia happens to find the flower given to one bride shortly before she walked down the aisle; it is an orchid that has the effect of putting anyone who inhales its scent into a comatose, death-like state, but no one knows where the flower might have come from.Following this lead, Patricia goes to visit a local botanist, Dr. Lorenz (Bela Lugosi), to see if he can shed any light on the situation. In the process she meets Lorenz's beautiful but hostile wife and his equally sinister house servants (as well as good-guy home town Dr. Foster) and begins to suspect that Dr. Lorenz may have more to do with the brides' deaths than just a flower...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version, please go to the episode recap page.
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 Asshole Victim: The film introduces us to Countess Lorenz suffering from her "illness"; but just as we begin to feel sympathy for her plight, she shows herself to be more than a willing accomplice in her husband's amoral activities. She even slaps Patricia for absolutely no reason upon first meeting her, just to up her bitch quotient.
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 The Bluebeard: We see a variant of the trope in this movie. About halfway through, Patricia, while snooping around Dr. Lorenz's mansion, discovers a morgue in which the dead bodies of the brides, still dressed in their wedding gowns, are being kept; she opens several drawers to reveal the surprisingly well-preserved bodies. It's never disclosed exactly how the unfortunate young ladies, who were actually still alive though in a comatose state upon arrival at Lorenz's lair, were killed. An alternative interpretation suggested by some fans and reviewers is that the brides are not, in fact, actually dead, just still unconscious — which explains why, after presumably having spent weeks in the morgue drawers, they're still in perfect condition — and are all revived offscreen after the movie ends.
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