Actor Lawrence Talbot learns that his estranged father, Sir John Talbot, has suffered a minor stroke, so Lawrence decides to return to his home town of Blackmoor to take care of him. After an uneasy reunion with his father, Lawrence spots a pretty young woman who takes his interest. Upon learning that she works in a local antique shop, Lawrence decides to buy something as a pretext to talk to her. He selects a wolf-headed cane, and she introdues herself as Gwen Conliffe, and the two hit it off. Gwen is then visited by Inspector Francis Aberline, who informs her that the police have located the mutilated corpse of her friend Jenny, who went missing the previous night. Jenny is only the latest victim in a recent slew of killings, which is being blamed on a gypsy camp on the outskirts of the