The themes of the film also mirrored the changes occurring in Hollywood, as a new vanguard of younger directors were coming to the forefront.He boyishly picks up a rock and throws it into a vacant field.In a hospital sickbed, the man who suffered he seizure - Mr.Tom Beaumont (Jack Harvey) is hospitalized.Unable o speak, he is connected to a oxygen-mask breathing device (a foreshadowing!) and his head is held perfectly still and incapacitated [in sexual erms - he is emasculated].He stood before a large gold statue of a giant scorpion, and inserted his forearm (with the bracelet) into a round hole in the center of the statue in order to activate its powers, and release the army." (Stryker was actually building his own version of Xavier""s mutant-tracking, mind-linking computer named Cerebro 2.In the end credits, however, where the cast list is prefaced by - "a good cast is worth repeating...," the Monster is listed fourth with BORIS KARLOFF""s name following.Karloff""s performance is remarkable - his acting communicated a hint of the pitiful humanity of the grotesque Monster behind its hideous, stitched and bolted-together body.