Coterie... is that you? You look like a young Frid/Barnabas!
No one should ever be surprised at an empty coffin at Collinwood: they never buried anyone more than 10 inches deep......what's THAT to a vengeful corpse?
The coffins themselves were pretty shallow. All the time BC was complaining about [spoiler]Petofi keeping him prisoner,[/spoiler]he must have been concerned mostly with the fact that, had the lid actually been closed, it would've smooshed his face something bad. The opened coffin only went up to his shoulder, or neck, or ear, or something. I don't remember. In any case, discomfort for Barney.
Buzz... like going to the grocery store was at all natural for the Collinses?!