The summary ended with the previous film""s concluding sequence, in which Superman saved the West Coast from catastrophe when villain Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) detonated a nuclear missile on the San Andreas Fault.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.His life, values and endurance are forever in conflict with many daily indignities, suffered at the hands of his annoying family, relatives, neighbors and customers.When the two fighters met in the ring for instructions, Drago said only three words: "You will lose." As the fight began, Apollo (known as "the Dancing Destroyer, the King of Sting, the Count of Monte Fisto.