THE body of a man who died after suffering a heart attack while watching a horror film at a cinema has gone missing.

The man, who was 65 years old, was seeing The Conjuring 2 with a friend until the movie reached one of its scariest scenes.

3 An Indian man died after watching The Conjuring 2 horror movie Credit: Warner Bros

He began to complain of chest pains and then fainted during the Thursday night showing in the town of Tiruvannamalai, southern India.

According to a report by The Times of India, the man was then rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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However, the man’s body has now disappeared after hospital staff asked the man’s friend to take the corpse to another hospital on the outskirts of town so a post-mortem could be carried out.

The pair never arrived and now police are investigating the ironic mystery.

3 The man was in his sixties and suffered a heart attack Credit: Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

3 His body has gone missing after it was supposed to be taken to a second hospital Credit: Warner Bros

Local reports say that the friend was seen hurriedly taking the man’s body to the accommodation where they were staying at on an auto-rickshaw.

Cops are now speaking to locals in order to try and find out what happened and to confirm the pair’s identities.

The Conjuring 2 has made more than $104 million worldwide since it was released earlier this month.

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