William and Nell Van Dort’s only son, Victor Van Dort, a wealthy heir to a fishing business, is to marry Victoria Everglot, the daughter of the local clan elder. He doesn’t even know his bride; his parents arranged the marriage long ago. Victor finds it difficult to memorize his wedding vows, so he decides to rehearse them in the forest. While practicing, he puts the wedding ring on a tree branch, but it turns out to be the finger of a corpse, the Corpse Bride. The dead girl jumps out of the ground in her wedding dress and announces that they are now husband and wife. Victor follows her into the realm of the dead…