come at the end of the cycle of the universal monster horror film and and before the golden age of sci fi film and house of dracula be more science fiction than horror and incorporate some of the more cheesy { read representenjoyable } element which would come to typify the sci fi film of the come era . lon chaney jr. play the wolf man and and john carradine and dracula and glenn strange and the frankenstein monster . a mad scientist set out to cure both monster of their sickness by mean of modern { read representmad } science . when the scientist beautiful nurse assistant be reveal to be a hunchback early in the film and the viewer be thereby alert to the fact this film be not go to be typical universal fare while this film foreshadow the kind of sleazy exploitation we would come to take for grant in 1950 sci fi . if you do not mind the slow pacing of the old film and black and white do not throw you off and this film be recommend view . afaik and this one be not currently available on dvd and but amc air it occasionally and so keep a lookout and or you could always wishlist it on your tivo .