Dr. Marlowe
Background
Dr. Richard Marlowe is a hypnotist and doctor. He lives at the old Johnson house. He was married to Mrs. Marlowe before she died.
During the events of Voodoo Man (1944) played by Bela Lugosi
Nicholas calls Dr. Marlowe and tells him a lone woman is heading in his direction, and when Alice arrives Dr. Marlowe has Toby and Grego grab her and take her. Later, Nicholas calls Dr. Marlowe again and tells him Sally is heading in his direction. When he sees her car arrive, Dr. Marlowe flips the switch and Sally's car stalls. Ralph (Voodoo Man)|Ralph goes to check the battery and Dr. Marlowe, who is watching Ralph and Sally through a television set, tells Toby and Grego to wait. Ralph tells Sally he sees a house and will ask them for some help and walks off and Dr. Marlowe tells Toby and Grego to grab Sally and bring her to him. Sally is brought before Dr. Marlowe and he hypnotizes her after telling her he needs her. He takes her and introduces her to Mrs. Marlowe who is sitting motionless in a chair and he tells Sally, Mrs. Marlowe is dead, but he is working to bring her back. Dr. Marlowe then orders Sally to go into the basement and she screams. Dr. Marlowe, Nicholas, Toby, Grego and the Housekeeper get prepared for a voodoo ritual. He then has Toby get the Zombies and the Housekeeper get Mrs. Marlowe. He then gets Sally and brings her to the ceremony and has her sit in a chair. He places Mrs. Marlowe in the chair opposite Sally and Nicholas chants to Frambona while Dr. Marlowe says from mind to mind and from soul to body over and over again. As he repeats life to death, Sally falls back into her chair, while Mrs. Marlowe exhibits flickers of life, before falling back to death. The doorbell rings and Dr. Marlowe answers the door and offers a drink to the Sheriff. Dr. Marlowe comes back with some Sherry and the Sheriff asks him if knows about a detour sign in the area, but Dr. Marlowe feigns ignorance. Nicholas calls Dr. Marlowe, and he tells Nicholas he is busy with the Sheriff. After the Sheriff leaves, Dr. Marlowe tells Toby to bring Sally to try to revive Mrs. Marlowe again and Toby and Grego find her missing. Dr. Marlowe orders Toby to find Sally and he and Grego run away to look for Sally. Toby tells Dr. Marlowe where Sally is and Dr. Marlowe goes to the residence of Mrs. Benton and offers to examine Sally. He examines Sally and advises Mrs. Benton to let Sally rest and not to take her to a hospital. Dr. Marlowe calls Nicholas and Nicholas uses one of Sally's earrings in a ritual to make her stand up and return to Dr. Marlowe's house. Betty and Ralph go to Dr. Marlowe's residence and he asks them what happened. He shows them a painting of Mrs. Marlowe and after Betty tells him she is beautiful, he tells her she reminds him of Mrs. Marlowe. Betty and Ralph leave and Dr. Marlowe looks at a glove he stole from Betty and calls Nicholas to come over. Nicholas chants over Betty's glove and as Ralph goes to call the Sheriff, Betty gets up and leaves the diner. Betty arrives at Dr. Marlowe's residence and is brought to Dr. Marlowe by Toby and Grego who tells them to bring the Zombies. The Zombies are brought into the ritual room and Betty is sat across from Mrs. Marlowe. Dr. Marlow repeats the chant from before and as Ralph enters the room he is knocked unconscious by Grego. The Sheriff and Deputy arrive and break into the residence. Mrs. Marlowe comes back to life, but falls back dead after the Sheriff shoots and kills Dr. Marlowe who threatened him with a sword. Before dying, Dr. Marlowe tells Mrs. Marlowe he will see her soon.
