saw lon chaney jr boris karloff cast expecting find typically schlocky s style horror movie opening scene a graveyard wolf howling background seemed confirm this began watching it though discovered nifty little mystery englishman richard green seeking discover happened two friends disappeared black forest and necessary take revenge evil count stephen mcnally ruled territory chaney voiceless gargon rather limited role one reminded hunchback notre dame actually karloff somewhat substantial role dr meissen fact meissen one interesting characters movie difficult know end whether would established good guy bad guy castle set magnificent even limited depiction black forest real enough certainly come across lowbudget compared movies ive seen anyway disappointment thought rita cordays performance countess seemed somewhat dry seem put much passion rolebr br that aside found movie held attention throughout enough suspense going turn make well worth watching definitely recommended  rating