History Literature / ReturnOfTheWolfMan

* MonsterMysogyny: Subverted. While Larry Talbot in his human form respect and admire women now, human women are the Wolf Man's prefered preys, and he recognizes them by scent and the hunger of human flesh. But when aren't women on his senses, he would kill men instead. Played completely with Dracula, as he turns women into vampiric brides slaves [[spoiler: as he did with Dr. Sandra Mornay]].

* MonsterMysoginy: Subverted. While Larry Talbot in his human form respect and admire women now, human women are the Wolf Man's prefered preys, and he recognizes them by scent and the hunger of human flesh. But when aren't women on his senses, he would kill men instead. Played completely with Dracula, as he turns women into vampiric brides slaves [[spoiler: as he did with Dr. Sandra Mornay]].

* ArchEnemy: Dracula is this for Lawrence Talbot. Dracula even accept that the Wolf Man is his most dangerous and powerful enemy he has been faced (counting human vampire hunter's for centuries and armies). The Wolf Man in a primal subconscious level understand his human self's hate for Dracula, but he also sees him as a rival predator.

* ContinuityPorn: Talbot ended up existing in the same cinematic universe as Dracula, Frankenstein and the Invisible Man; the novel takes this as a cue to create a [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover Massive]] MonsterMash [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover Crossover]] working various other Universal horror films into the same continuity. The narrative touches upon the events of ''Film/HouseOfFrankenstein'', ''Film/HouseOfDracula'', ''The Mummy's Tomb'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheCreature'', ''Film/TheDeadlyMantis'', ''Film/TheMonolithMonsters'', ''Film/WerewolfOfLondon'', ''Film/HorrorIsland'' and, ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy'', amongst others.
** Some references are more faithful than others. Sandra Mornay from ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'' is given a father named Miklos Mornay who "used electricity... to give additional strength and stamina to the bodies of the living [but] succeeded only in immolating dozens of people." This seems to be a reference to ''Man Made Monster'' - but the mad scientist in that was named Paul Rigas.
* CerebusSyndrome: The novel is a direct sequel to ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''; arguably, it owes a bigger debt to this film than to any other Universal horror, even opening with a recap of that film's climax. And yet, from reading this novel, you'd never know that the film was a comedy.
* DevouredByTheHorde: [[spoiler: Subverted, while not devoured, the Frankenstein's Monster is free from Dracula's control, and is put against him. They fight fair, but finally the Monster is ripped apart and gutted by a pack of ferocious supernatural wolves controlled by Dracula. This didn't kill him forever, overall, as he return in the sequels.]]
* FurAgainstFang: [[spoiler: The novel is mainly focused in the conflict between Talbot and Count Dracula. Dracula try to use Larry Talbot as a superhuman slave with Frankenstein's Monster. There are some hostile meetings, but at the climax, they fight with the Wolf Man in all his strength. The Wolf Man wins, impaling Dracula in a stake through his heart.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: The Wolf Man's hunger of human flesh is more explicit here, and he actually eats the humans he kill. [[spoiler: If the Wolf Man no kill, Talbot's mind gains control over him.]]

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Henry Pratt is named after Boris Karloff, whose real name was William Henry Pratt. Oddly, the main character Caroline Cooke appears to have been named after an uncredited extra who appeared in ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' (and ''The Mummy's Ghost'').

* TheNoseKnows: One of The Wolf Man's most remarcable powers is his sense of smell. He can track easily both, monsters as undeads, and humans as Caroline from four miles by scent. Even as a human, Talbot have this.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Played with when the novel addresses some of the inconsistencies and oddities in the films. The book establishes that Talbot becomes the Wolf Man on the days immediately before and after a full moon, thereby explaining his strangely frequent transformations in the movies. The idea that lycranthropy effects different people in different ways is also brought up, hence why Bela Lugosi's character in ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' turned into a four-legged wolf.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler: The book ends with the three monsters, Dracula, Frankenstein and The Wolf Man apparently dead, but Caroline stays in the tombs, promising her friend Talbot that she will give him a permanent cure. But the epilogue have Dr. Wilfred Glendon III, a descendant from the original werewolf of London, studying Dr. Frankenstein's notes about the Monster and the bride of Frankenstein. The story continues in the two sequels.]]
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:One of the survivors of ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'' is killed off in the novel's prologue, which also reveals that one of the characters from ''Film/HouseOfDracula'' was killed by Talbot shortly after the events of that film.]]

* UnexplainedAccent: Averted. In the ''Wolf Man'' films, Talbot has an American accent - despite being [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent being the son of a British lord]]. The novel mentions his accent but establishes that he had an American mother and grew up in California.

* DevouredByTheHorde: [[spoiler: Subverted, while not devoured, the Frankenstein's Monster is free from Dracula's control, and is put against him. They fight fair, but finally the Monster is ripped apart and gutted by a pack of ferocious
supernatural wolves controlled by Dracula. This didn't kill him forever, overall, as he return in the sequels.]]

* DevouredByTheHorde: [[spoiler: Subverted, while not devoured, the Frankenstein's Monster is free from Dracula's control, and is put against him. They fight fair, but finally The Monster is ripped apart and gutted by a pack of ferocious

* DevouredByTheHorde: [[spoiler: Subverted. While not devoured, the Frankenstein's Monster is free from Dracula's control, and is put against him. They fight fair, but finally The Monster is ripped apart and gutted by a pack of ferocious

* ArchEnemy: Dracula is this for the Lawrence Talbot. Dracula even accept that the Wolf Man is his most dangerous and powerful enemy he has been faced (counting human vampire hunter's for centuries and armies). The Wolf Man in a primal subconscious level understand his human self's hate for Dracula, but he also sees him as a rival predator.

* ArchEnemy: Dracula is this for the Wolf Man. Dracula even accept that the Wolf Man is his most dangerous and powerful enemy.

* DevouredByTheHorde: [[spoiler: Subverted. The Frankenstein's Monster is free from Dracula's control, and is put against him. They fight fair, but finally The Monster is ripped apart by a pack of ferocious wolves controlled by Dracula. This didn't kill him forever, overall, as he return in the sequels.]]

* TookALevelToBadass: The Wolf Man is more powerful here than in his [[Film/TheWolfMan1941 first film.]] He got superhuman strength on pair, if not superior to Dracula, who is more or less an OneManArmy physically.

* DevouredByTheHorde: [[spoiler: Subverted. The
Frankenstein's Monster is free from Dracula's control, and is put against him. They fight fair, but finally The Monster is ripped apart by a pack of ferocious wolves controlled by Dracula. This didn't kill him forever, overall, as he return in the sequels.]]

* DevouredByTheHorde: [[spoiler: Subverted. The Monster is free from Dracula's control, and is put against him. They fight fair, but finally The Monster is ripped apart by a pack of ferocious wolves controlled by Dracula. This didn't kill him forever, overall, as he return in the sequels.]]

* TheNoseKnows: One of The Wolf Man's most remarcable powers is his sense of smell. He can track easily both, monsters and humans from four miles. Even as a human, Talbot have this.

* I'mAHumanitarian: The Wolf Man's hunger of human flesh is more explicit here, and he actually eats the humans he kill. [[spoiler: If the Wolf Man no kill, Talbot's mind gains control over him.]]

* I'mAnHumanitarian: The Wolf Man's hunger of human flesh is more explicit here, and he actually eats the humans he kill. [[spoiler: If the Wolf Man no kill, Talbot's mind gains control over him.]]

* ImAnHumanitarian: The Wolf Man's hunger of human flesh is more explicit here, and he actually eats the humans he kill. [[spoiler: If the Wolf Man no kill, Talbot's mind gains control over him.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoilers: The book ends with Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and The Wolf Man apparently dead, with Caroline promising her friend Talbot a cure, and living in The Tombs. But the epilogue have Dr. Wilfred Glendon III, descendant from the original werewolf of London, studying Dr. Frankenstein's notes about the Monster and The Bride of Frankenstein. His story will continue in the two sequel books.]]

* ActorAllusion: On the mysterious disappearance of Chick and Wilbur, the characters played by Abbott and Costello in ''Meet Frankenstein'': "The men left their [=LaMiranda=] hotel room the day they returned. Some people said they assumed aliases and went to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Hayride Mexico]]; others claimed they went to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Screams Africa]]; some maintained they'd joined the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_in_the_Foreign_Legion Foreign Legion]]."

'''''Return of the Wolf Man''''' is a 1998 novel by Jeff Rovin tying in with Franchise/UniversalHorror films. It revolves around Larry Talbot, the werewolf character who made his debut in ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' and was re-used in crossover films such as ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'' and ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''.

Fifty years later, in 1998, a group of people inadvertently revive the Wolf Man. Once he reverts to human form he is befriended by Caroline Cooke, Joan Raymond's niece. his initial concern is how to be killed once and for all, but his attentions are turned elsewhere when it transpires that Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster are back on the scene.

'''''Return of the Wolf Man''''' is a 1998 novel by Jeff Rovin tying in with UniversalHorror films. It revolves around Larry Talbot, the werewolf character who made his debut in ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' and was re-used in crossover films such as ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'' and ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''.

* VoodooZombie: Dracula has some of these as his assistants; they are revealed to have been created by the magic of the villain from ''WhiteZombie''.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Played with when the novel addresses some of the inconsistencies and oddities in the films. The book establishes that Talbot becomes the Wolf Man on the days immediately before and after a full moon, thereby explaining his strangely frequent transformations in the movies. The idea that lycranthropy effects different people in different ways is also brought up, hence why Bela Lugosi's character in ''TheWolfMan'' turned into a four-legged wolf.

'''''Return of the Wolf Man''''' is a 1998 novel by Jeff Rovin based around UniversalHorror films. It revolves around Larry Talbot, the werewolf character who made his debut in ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' and was re-used in crossover films such as ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'' and ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''.

* ActorAllusion: On the mysterious disappearance of chick and Wilbur, the characters played by Abbott and Costello in ''Meet Frankenstein'': "The men left their [=LaMiranda=] hotel room the day they returned. Some people said they assumed aliases and went to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Hayride Mexico]]; others claimed they went to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Screams Africa]]; some maintained they'd joined the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_in_the_Foreign_Legion Foreign Legion]]."

'''''Return of the Wolf Man''''' is a 1998 novel by Jeff Rovin based around UniversalHorror films. It revolves around Larry Talbot, the werewolf character who made his debut in ''TheWolfMan'' and was re-used in crossover films such as ''FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'' and ''AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''.

* ContinuityPorn: Talbot ended up existing in the same cinematic universe as Dracula, Frankenstein and the Invisible Man; the novel takes this as a cue to create a [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover Massive]] MonsterMash [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover Crossover]] working various other Universal horror films into the same continuity. The narrative touches upon the events of ''{{House of Frankenstein}}'', ''{{House of Dracula}}'', ''The Mummy's Tomb'', ''RevengeOfTheCreature'', ''TheDeadlyMantis'', ''TheMonolithMonsters'', ''WerewolfOfLondon'', ''HorrorIsland'' and, ''AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy'', amongst others.
** Some references are more faithful than others. Sandra Mornay from ''AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'' is given a father named Miklos Mornay who "used electricity... to give additional strength and stamina to the bodies of the living [but] succeeded only in immolating dozens of people." This seems to be a reference to ''Man Made Monster'' - but the mad scientist in that was named Paul Rigas.
* CerebusSyndrome: The novel is a direct sequel to ''AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''; arguably, it owes a bigger debt to this film than to any other Universal horror, even opening with a recap of that film's climax. And yet, from reading this novel, you'd never know that the film was a comedy.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Henry Pratt is named after Boris Karloff, whose real name was William Henry Pratt. Oddly, the main character Caroline Cooke appears to have been named after an uncredited extra who appeared in ''TheWolfMan'' (and ''The Mummy's Ghost'').

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:One of the survivors of ''AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'' is killed off in the novel's prologue, which also reveals that one of the characters from ''HouseOfDracula'' was killed by Talbot shortly after the events of that film.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Played with. A few hanging plot threads from the films are picked up: for example, in ''AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', Mr. [=McDougal=] [[spoiler:survives being bitten by the Wolf Man; the novel establishes that he became a werewolf himself.]]

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:One of the survivors of ''AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'' is killed off in the novel's prologue, which also reveals that one of the characters from ''HouseOfDracula'' was killed by Talbot shortly after the events of that film.=]