Francis de Wolff

On the moors of Southwestern England, Holmes must solve the case of an ancient hound supposedly killing off a family of local nobility.

In 1890 Paris, a 104-year-old artist and scientist stays young by stealing the glands of the living. As suspicions arise, he takes desperate measures.

In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton (Boris Karloff) dares to dream the unthinkable: to operate on patients without causing pain. Unfortunately, the road to general anesthesia is blocked by a ruthless killer (Christopher Lee), as well as Bolton’s devastating addiction to his own chemical experiments.

A ventriloquist and his doll perform a highly successful double act until the mysteriously animated dummy starts to defy his master’s orders.