4/10
Reappear/Disappear.
5 October 2014
Warning: Spoilers
With having had a fun time watch a number of Horror movies starring Bela Lugosi for the 2013 Horror Challenge on IMDb's Horror board,I decided to take a look at a box set which had been sent from a very kind IMDber.Looking at the titles,I was delighted to see that I would get the chance to have a double dose of Bela.

The plot:

Desperate to keep his 70 year old wife looking youthful, Dr. George Lorenz decides to send orchids to about to be married women,which thanks to containing a chemical,causes the women to faint,and leads to Lorenz kidnapping them,so that he can get their spinal fluid for his wife.As Lorenz's kidnapping spree grows,local reporter Patricia Hunter decides to track down the missing women.Getting hold of the orchid from the latest victim,Hunter discovers that the only expert on orchids in the town is a man called Dr.George Lorenz.

View on the film:

For the screenplay of the movie,writers Sam Robins, Gerald Schnitzer and Harvey Gates disappointingly never give even the slightest reason for Lorenz desperate desire of keeping his wife looking youthful,which leads to the plot feeling rather disjointed.Shooting on a low budget,director Wallace Fox gives Lorenz house /mansion a chilly,low-lit appearance. Angelo Rossitto and Bela Lugosi's team up allows for a great crossing over of Tod Brownings Freaks and Dracula to take place,as Lugosi shows in his icy stare,a lust to turn every blushing bride in the town into a corpse.
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