Miles Mander

After a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer. While attending a conference in Quebec City, Sherlock Holmes and his good friend, Dr. Watson, are drawn into a murder investigation in the nearby village of La Mort Rouge. Holmes had received a letter from Lady Penrose asking for his assistance as she feared for her life. It was too late, however, as she had already been killed by the time he received it. Her throat was torn out and the local villagers are spreading rumors about monsters and evil spirits as being the cause. Holmes doesn't believe any of that and sets out to find the killer. He believes that Lady Penrose's past as an actress may have something to with her death. As others in the village are attacked, Holmes believes the killer is among them, impersonating a local villager as he goes about his business. —garykmcd A village in Canada has an old legend about a phantom that years ago killed three villagers. Many residents are afraid that the monster has come back because some of them have seen strange luminous shapes and some sheep were found with their throats slashed. Their worst fears seem to be confirmed when Lady Penrose is found killed in the same way. Meanwhile, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are in Quebec attending a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society where they are involved in a sharp debate with Lord Penrose about his village's legend. Not long after Lord Penrose receives word of his wife's death, Holmes receives a letter that the dead woman had written before she died, begging for his help and protection. When Holmes goes to the village to investigate, he finds himself hunting a determined murderer who is also a master of disguise. —Snow Leopard

After a valuable pearl with a sinister reputation is stolen, Sherlock Holmes must investigate its link to a series of brutal murders. After a pearl with a sinister reputation for causing misfortune to its owners is stolen from a museum by a master criminal - because of Sherlock Holmes' show-boating - he is naturally obliged to find it. Soon, he learns of a series of brutal murders that seemed to have been committed by a malevolent man mountain known only as the Creeper. Now, Holmes must deal with the seemingly overwhelming menace of this man and his boss in order to retrieve the pearl. —Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com> After recovering the famous Borgia pearl from shipboard thieves, Sherlock Holmes is held responsible for its theft. While visiting the museum where it goes on display, Holmes shows the curator how easily it could be stolen by simply cutting the electrical wires. During that demonstration, Giles Conover, a well-known thief, snatches the pearl and runs off. He's soon caught but the pearl is nowhere to be found. Soon after, homes are being broken into with the occupants having their backs broken. There also seems to be a large amount of china broken in the process. After several such break-ins, Holmes realizes that several similar pieces of porcelain, all of a bust of Napoleon, are found at each house. Realizing its significance, he sets a trap for the thief. —garykmcd

On October 15, 1918, the Wolfman [Matt Willis] awakens vampire Armand Tesla [Bela Lugosi] from his grave in Priory Cemetery on the outskirts of London. Meanwhile, at Ainsley Sanitarium, Dr Jane Ainsley [Frieda Inescort] and an associate from Oxford, Professor Walter Saunders [Gilbert Emery] , tend to a patient whom they suspect was bitten by a vampire. The patient dies, and the vampire drinks from Saunders' granddaughter Nicki instead. Saunders saves her by transfusion, then sets out with Lady Ainsley to find the vampire's resting spot and drive a stake through his heart. As they do, the Wolfman is released. It is now 23 years later. Saunders has died in a plane crash, Dr Ainsley is aiding the antiNazi Underground, Andreas Orby [the Wolfman] has become her technician, Nicki [Nina Foch] remembers nothing about the vampire incident and is engaged to John Ainsley [Roland Varno], and Dr Ainsley has presented Sir Frederick Fleet [Miles Mander] of Scotland Yard with Saunders' notes detailing the 1918 death of Armand Tesla, the vampire. Of course, Fleet doesn't really believe her and, as he and Lady Ainsley prepare to visit Tesla's gravesite, an air raid occurs. Tesla's grave is overturned by a bomb; two cemetery employees find his body, remove the stake from his heart, and rebury him. On his way to aid German escapee Dr Hugo Bruckner, Andreas is reunited against his will with the re-awakened Tesla. As the Wolfman, Andreas finds a new resting place for Tesla, kills the real Dr Bruckner, and gives Bruckner's identity to Tesla. At Nicki and John's engagement party, Bruckner/Tesla is introduced to Lady Ainsley, and she gives him free run of her laboratory and hospital. The next evening, Saunders' manuscript is subsequently stolen and turns up in Nicki's bedroom. Nicki reads it and remembers. When Tesla summons her telephathically, she goes to him. The next morning she is found drained of blood, and she is transfused. That night, Nicki forbids the maid to close the blackout curtains. Nicki is again contacted telephathically by Tesla. She goes to John's room; the next morning John is found drained of blood and is transfused. Fleet and Lady Ainsley visit Bruckner's bedroom and find that all the mirrors have been turned to the wall. They also find a ring which belonged to Armand Tesla, and Lady Ainsley concludes for certain that Bruckner is Tesla. She devises a plan. When Tesla summons Nicki telephathically, Fleet and Lady Ainsley attempt to follow her into a cemetery. An air raid interrupts their pursuit, although Fleet manages to shoot the Wolfman in the shoulder. When Andreas begs Tesla to save his life, Tesla refuses. Andreas remembers Lady Ainsley's words about goodness being stronger than evil. He grabs a crucifix and holds it between Tesla and Nicki. At that moment, a bomb hits. Andreas carries Tesla's body outside into the morning sun and drives a stake through his heart, releasing Nicki. Of course, Andreas dies but "he found his soul after all." [Original synopsis by bj_kuehl.]

Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are committed.

A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London. A maniac is terrorizing London, stalking and murdering street-women at night. Michael Angeloff, a Hungarian musician, takes lodgings with the parents of Daisy Bunting, and a romance develops between the girl and Angeloff. As the terroristic murders continue, circumstances gradually point the finger of suspicion at Angeloff, as the only clue the police have is that the killer is a foreign musician. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>