This is the second movie of the Wolf Man Legacy collection but is really only good if you need something to laugh at. The film opens with grave robbers breaking in to the Talbot crypt. They pry the lid off of Lawrence Talbot's (Lon Chaney) coffin and surprise! Not even silver can keep a good werewolf down. Larry wakes up in a hospital in Cardiff being tending to by a young Dr. Mannering (Patric Knowles, who also had a part in The Wolf Man as the love interest's fiance). All Larry wants is to end his miserable existence but Dr. Mannering wants to have him committed. Larry breaks free and seeks out the old gypsy woman (Maria Ouspenskaya) whose son gave him this curse. She tells him there's nothing she can do but she knows a guy who might help. They travel to somewhere in Europe where people still have British accents but wear costumes from the German portion of the It's a Small World ride at Disney World. Because that's what Eurpeans look and sound like. Anyway, they innocently ask around for the current location of Dr. Frankenstein (Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-Film) but find the locals still a little bitter over that whole monster incident. Convinced that the secrets to death lie in Frankenstein's journal after stumbling across the frozen monster (Bela Lugosi...as the Monster, not as Dracula. I know, it was weird for me too), Larry engages in a little subterfuge in order to meet the Doctor's smoking hot daughter Elsa (Ilona Massey). But then Dr. Mannering shows up, still intent on putting Larry in the loony bin.
Clearly, this falls under the "Shameless Grab for Cash" category of sequels. Still, Rob and I enjoyed making fun of it.
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