In 15th century France, Esmeralada, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by an infatuated Chief Justice, Frollo. Quasmito, a hunchback learns the truth and is determined to save her.
Four men are found brutally murdered with each victim found lying next to a doll. Inspector Holloway sets out to investigate the case. Meanwhile, shocking truths are revealed.
Carl Denham escapes trouble in New York by getting on a ship bound for a distant land. He gets into a fight and is made to disembark on Skull Island where he alights on a smaller version of King Kong.
In this satire of 1950s sci-fi matinees, Lou Costello plays an amateur scientist who invents a time machine that also has a way of changing people into strange things as it moves them through time.