Plot:
Dr Peter Blood is preparing some injections when old doctor discovers him. Apparently, Blood is tampering in God’s realm. He claims the patient will die but can be of use to his
experiments. Old doctor will report Blood to the police unless he leaves Vienna now.
In a small village, Doctor Robert Blood learns from his nurse, Linda that his lab had several chemicals stolen. Dr. Robert tells the local police Sergeant Cook about the stolen
drugs. Several people have disappeared from the village over the past couple of weeks. The missing people might be in the closed mines.
In the mine, Peter changes an I.V. on one of his patients. He prepares to get another patient.
That night, Blood drugs George. As he carries him away, he drops the syringe. In the mine, Peter has George readied for the experiments. He calls it a night and leaves. George
watches but is unable to move.
The next morning, Peter scopes out Linda the nurse. His father, Dr. Robert is surprised by Peter’s visit. In some small talk, Peter learns that Linda is widow.
Sergeant Cook brings the syringe from George’s bedroom. George was the local mine expert. The locals think that someone is hiding in the mine tunnels. Peter volunteers to lead
the police in the search. As a child, he played in the tunnels all the time.
George is slowly crawling in the tunnel.
Peter, Sergeant Cook, and the rest of the search party arrive at the tin mine.
Peter splits up from Sergeant.
George is still crawling.
Peter discovers that George has escaped.
Sergeant Cook calls for Peter. They are the last to leave the tunnel. Nothing has been found in any of the tunnels.
Linda picks up Peter.
Dr Rob is analyzing the drug in the syringe.
Small talk ensues from Linda to get Peter to be less standoffish. However, he is colder than Alaskan whitefish. He goes to his father’s house.
George is still crawling through the tunnels.
That night, Peter heads back to the tunnel to search for George, the crawling guy.
In the morning, George has gotten out of the tunnels. Peter has searched all night and not found his test subject. After getting into town, Peter starts turning on his greasy charm
on Linda.
So you know Herbert West. I'm still not going on a date with you...
Dr Rob and Sergeant Cook are trying to discover the contents of the syringe. Dr Rob is going to the hospital to test the sample. Peter stays in the village to take care of any
patients.
As Linda is about to leave, Peter learns that George has been found. He readies his doctor bag with a poisoned syringe. They drive to the ravine where George is. Peter injects
George who is mumbling. He claims George was too far gone and will do the autopsy later.
In the mortuary, George is brought. Peter will do the autopsy as the creepy music plays? Or will he?
Peter takes a walk with Linda. He is all Rico Suavay until staring his rant about how his mentor wouldn’t keep testing the limits of medicine because of ignorance and
cowardice. That’s a great way to woo a woman.
Later, Peter returns to the funeral home. Morton, the undertaker, awakens but rolls back to sleep.
Donning his manly gown, Peter begins with the cutting. George opens his eyes? Wasn’t he dead?
Should the dead be able to open and close their eyes?
Peter keeps cutting and doing stuff. Dropping a bucket, Morton gets up to investigate.
He sees that Peter isn’t doing an autopsy. The explanation from Peter is George was given a poison that resembled death but too late for George to be saved. Morton wants
to try to save George. Peter claims he was worthless, and his heart can help Peter’s work. Morton, the feeble drunk guy, struggle with Peter who pushes him away. Morton falls
hitting his head on a staircase and dies. Apparently, it is too late to use George’s heart. .
Peter hides Morton’s body in George’s coffin.
The next morning, Linda goes to Dr Rob’s house. Peter comes in looking bedraggled. He claims that he had to embalm George. Morton was gone. Peter falls asleep.
Later, Linda is found by Peter. They go for a drive. Taking a walk leads them back to the mines. Peter talks about how he played in them as a child and starts getting awfully
creepy. Linda wants to leave. There is only one way for Linda to leave. It looks as if Peter wants to do some tunnel exploring of Linda. Perhaps, it is some tubal exploration.
Tregaye, the scary hermit wanders by. They leave the mine.
Sergeant Cook inspects the mortuary. Cook questions Peter.
After George’s funeral in the cemetery, Peter and Linda leave. She tells how her husband died. He swerved his car to keep from running over a child.
Tregaye is around the mines working it for scraps when Peter pays him a visit.
Later, Dr Rob meets Peter and Linda in a pub. The poison in the syringe is curare. Peter mentioned this poison earlier. Sergeant Cook wants Peter to autopsy Tregaye. Linda’s
eyes widen when curare is mentioned.
Linda and Sergeant Cook are researching curare. She is starting to suspect something funny is happening.
Peter is working on the Tregaye’s autopsy. Dr Rob visits his son. The report on George’s death didn’t mention curare but said the cause was a bad heart. Dr Rob knows that
George’s heart was in perfect shape. Peter rages about being accused of making a mistake. He gives Sergeant Cook the report on Tregaye.
Linda checks on Dr Rob who is awfully worried about his son. Linda is going to see if Peter will do a house call. She goes to the mortuary and finds Peter working on
Tregaye. She knows that curare has been used on Tregaye. As she is trying to leave, Peter explains his research in Vienna. He can keep great men alive. Philosophy fu ensues.
Peter wants her to join him in the dark side. She refuses. He goes off on her because she’s still in love with her dead husband. As he checks on Tregaye, Linda escapes.
Peter takes Tregaye’s body with him.
Sergeant Cook, Dr Rob, and Linda find Peter is gone.
Peter is in the cemetery digging up Linda’s husband.
Cook is calling for reinforcements.
Peter readies for another surgery. Scalpel fu ensues. The surgery is at a furious pace. He uncovers Steve, rotting corpse.
Linda heads home.
Peter tries warming up Steve’s brain.
Peter kidnaps Linda.
Cook is still calling for men to hunt down Peter.
Peter takes Linda back to the mines. She sees the corpse of her husband. Peter is pissed. He blames Linda for him having to reanimate Steve. Steve-corpse begins choking
Linda. Peter fights the rotting corpse of Steve. Vials of chemicals are broken. Linda escapes. Steve kills Peter. The fumes finish Steve.
Linda escapes the tunnels and is found by Cook’s posse. Cook and his men head to the tunnels. Linda and Dr Rob leave.
