A young couple travels to Haiti to get married, but while on the boat the wife to be meets a man who wants her for himself. He contacts the local zombie merchant to help him turn her into his slave bride. Bela Lugosi hypnotizes the woman with his gaze.
Quite a silly story and plot, but considering the times, I suppose it has its charm. I see now what fascinated Ed Wood about the mystical acting abilities of Lugosi.
Find it on the Bela Lugosi Triple Feature DVD from Bandon and Myrtle Point and on a VHS tape in Bandon.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023694/
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Wow I liked this one a little better but the folks on IMDB didn't. Ah well. Brides keep dying and then disappearing and the police can't figure out why. A nosy girl newspaper reporter figures out they are getting poisoned by a mysterious orchid and she tries to meet the doctor known to breed them.
We find out that the doctor, Bela Lugosi of course, took the women to develop a serum to make his wife beautiful. I liked the intrepid reporter girl and almost found the plot watchable.
Also, find this on the Bela Lugosi Triple Feature DVD from Bandon and Myrtle Point and on a double feature DVD in North Bend with The Invisible Ghost.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034613/
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Now this rather convoluted plot annoyed me. The director chose to do a flash in and out of a dead woman's body with her voice over. This clumsy camera action detracted from the possibility the story might get interesting.
A doctor and his son try and find a way to encourage the son's wife to leave, but she refuses. She lives in fear of some mysterious past. Bela Lugosi shows up as a long lost associate of the doctor and may have something to do with the woman, but we're uncertain of that issue.
It had some potential, but just went nowhere. I couldn't tell if they wanted to go campy or scary.
this is only on the Bela Lugosi Triple Feature DVD from Bandon and Myrtle Point.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039800/
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