History Literature / ReturnOfTheWolfMan

* BigBad: Dracula.

* MonsterMisogyny: 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 gladly kill men instead. Played completely with Dracula, as he turns women into vampiric brides slaves [[spoiler: as he did with Dr. Sandra Mornay]].

* TheNoseKnows: One of The Wolf Man's most remarkable powers is his sense of smell. As both human and werewolf, he can easily track both monsters like zombies and humans like Caroline from four miles by scent. Dracula know this, so he ordered [[spoiler: Sandra Mornay]], his vampire bride to walk in water, so he can't track her. Dracula also posseses a keen sense of smell.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Dr. Charles Stevens, one of the survivors of ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', is killed off in the novel's prologue at the hands of the Wolf Man, which also reveals that one of the characters from ''Film/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 ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', Mr. [=McDougal=] [[spoiler:survives being bitten by the Wolf Man; the novel establishes that he became a werewolf himself. He was preying in the humans on LaMirada for a time, before the events of ''Film/RevengeOfTheCreature'' and travel to Tibet, searching a cure.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Joan Raymond feels good to takes off her shoes and walk barefoot, before meeting Talbot. [[spoiler: Most related to UndeadBarefooter, but Sandra Mornay after her return as a vampire bride, is always barefoot, with Dracula ordered her to walk in water, evitate that the Wolf Man track her]]. Subverted with Larry Talbot, because he only break his shoes in his transformations as a digitigrade werewolf with claws.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Played with. A few hanging plot threads from the films are picked up: for example, in ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', Mr. [=McDougal=] [[spoiler:survives being bitten by the Wolf Man; the novel establishes that he became a werewolf himself. He was preying in the humans on LaMirada for a time, before travel to Tibet, searching a cure.]]

It was followed by two sequels, ''The Devil's Brood'' and ''The Devil's Night'', by David Jacobs.

* DevouredByTheHorde: [[spoiler: Subverted -- while not devoured, the
weakened 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 returned 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 supernatural wolves controlled by Dracula. This didn't kill him forever, overall, as he returned in the sequels.]]

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

* ImAHumanitarian: The Wolf Man's hunger of human flesh is more explicit here, and he actually eats the humans he kills. [[spoiler: If the Wolf Man doesn't kill, Talbot's mind gains control over him.]]

* ImmortalitySeeker: The book fleshes out Dracula's origin story, which is hinted at in the Bram Stoker novel but never mentioned in the Univeral films. During life, while studying at Scholomance, he made a DealWithTheDevil for immortality. You can guess how that turned out.

* UndeadBarefooter: [[spoiler: After her return as a vampire bride, Sandra Mornay is always barefoot]].

* TheNoseKnows: One of The Wolf Man's most remarkable powers is his sense of smell. As both human and werewolf, he can easily track both monsters like zombies and humans like Caroline from four miles by scent.

* KillItWithFire: Evited. Larry Talbot implied strongly that fire cannot destroy his body and overall, fire can't stop the Wolf Man. Subverted with Frankenstein's Monster, as he have sounds from his [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein supposed ending in the last movie]]. Strange, considering that in the posterior movies after ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'', he is immune to this.

* KillItWithFire: Evited. Larry Talbot implied strongly that fire cannot destroy his body and overall, fire can't stop the Wolf Man. Subverted with Frankenstein's Monster, as he have sounds from his [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein supposed ending in the last movie]]. Strange, considering that in the posterior movies after ''Film/TheBrideOfFrankenstein'', he is immune to this.

* 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'', ''Film/TheMummysTomb'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheCreature'', ''Film/TheDeadlyMantis'', ''Film/TheMonolithMonsters'', ''Film/WerewolfOfLondon'', ''Film/HorrorIsland'' and, ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy'', amongst others.

* FurAgainstFang: [[spoiler: The novel is mainly focused in the conflict between Talbot and Count Dracula. Dracula tries 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 at full strength. The Wolf Man wins, impaling Dracula with a stake through his heart.]]