Dr. Foster: These young girls, whether dead or alive, are being used by Lorenz in some manner as human guinea pigs to sustain his wife in a youthful state.
Keenan: Oh, that's preposterous.
Patricia Hunter: It's nothing of the kind. Scientists are finding out every day that glands and hormones have a lot to do with life and health.
Dr. Foster: The glands in our bodies help to determine the condition of our teeth, the texture of our hair.

- Béla Lugosi in The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

Dr. Lorenz: You see, our dreams, our minds play strange tricks on us sometimes!

- Béla Lugosi in The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

Fagah: Why do you beat my son so hard?
Dr. Lorenz: Because he's at best an animal, and some day I shall have to destroy him.
Fagah: My poor son!... Why was he ever born?

- Minerva Urecal in The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

Patricia Hunter: Oh, professor, do you also make a habit of collecting coffins?
Dr. Lorenz: Why, yes, in a manner of speaking. I find a coffin much more comfortable than a bed.

- Béla Lugosi in The Corpse Vanishes (1942)