The 2nd movie of 12 serials edited into 4 features, but you already know that. The plot continues pretty much as before, but for whatever reason, the music seems a bit more atmospheric this time..there are a couple of moments of legit horror this go round, the execution and the kids being chased by Leo are two that come to mind. The kids are not main characters, so are in fact, expendable, and you are NOT sure if both, or either of them are gonna get it..besides, they were cutting class, so getting caught by a hunchback just might SERVE THEM RIGHT. Nostradamus has picked up a bit of gravitas somewhere between the first and second film, and the scene where the stiff SPRINGS off the slab in the morgue is pretty good by early sixties standards. If anything, the dialog dubbed in from SOUNDLAB is funnier then the first, and overall there are enough moments of sheer lunacy to qualify this with the best of Murray's imports...
