19th century, in a small, cold town in Eastern Europe, young Victor Van Dort, son of a family of rich fishmongers, loses his temper and ruins his wedding rehearsal with Victoria, daughter of bankrupt aristocrats. So that his nerves do not get the better of him again, he heads to the forest to learn his vows, repeating them over and over again, with such bad luck as to recite them to an apparent branch that turns out to be a corpse bride. Kidnapped by the underworld and accidentally married to the dead woman, Victor can’t wait to leave to reunite with his fiancée, who anxiously awaits the return of her fiancé. Escaping the world of the dead will not be so easy, Emily, the corpse bride, has been waiting for her wedding for many years and will not allow herself to give up on her new husband in any way. But their biggest problem is time, Victoria’s parents are tired of waiting and against their daughter’s will, they have found Lord Barkis, a new substitute to marry their daughter.