a number of bride be mysteriously murder while at the altar and and later their body be steal en route to the morgue . newspaper writer patricia hunter decides to investigate these mysterious killing . she discover that right before each ceremony and the bride be give a rare orchid ( supposedly from the groom ) which contain a powerful drug that succumb them . patricia be tell that the orchid be first grow by a dr. lorenz and who live in a secluded estate and with his wife . in reality and dr. lorenz be responsible for the crime and by put the bride in a suspended state and and use their gland fluid to keep his wife eternally young . patricia and along with dr. foster ( who be work with dr. lorenz on the medical mystery surround his wife ) try to force dr. lorenz hand by set up a phony wedding and which eventually lead patricia into the mad doctor clutch . this movie have a very good opening reel and but basically end up with too many establish shot and other weak scene . the cast be decent and walter and coffin deserve well and but that life . russell steal the show ( even out ham lugosi who do not give one of his more memorable performance and even consider his monogram ) a countess lorenz play the role with the quality of many of the stereotypical characteristic of many of today hollywood prima donna . weak and contrive end as well . rating and base on b movie and 4 .