..He will kill all who open this chest and assimilate their organs and fluids, and in so doing, he will regenerate and no longer be the undead, but a plague upon this Earth.He was hurt and devastated by the knowledge of Kayla""s betrayal ("It was never real") -- he remembered back to her story about the moon, and told her: "I had it backwards.With cinematographer John Mescall, Whale expertly created a haunting mood in the film, bringing the influence of German Expressionism into its stylistic imagery and sets and into the performance of the Monster""s Bride (Elsa Lanchester) with her jerky robotic movements." They viewed the remains of the mummified, terra-cotta stone chariot carrying the Emperor""s sarcophagus - he told them that the coffin wouldn""t be opened until later.