Editing Bride of Frankenstein (section)

===Christian imagery===
[[File:Boris Karloff as The Monster in Bride of Frankenstein film trailer.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Karloff in the trailer.]]
[[Christian symbolism|Christian imagery]] appears throughout the film. In addition to the scenes of the Monster trussed in a cruciform pose and the crucified figure of Jesus in the graveyard, the hermit has a [[crucifix]] on the wall of his hut – which, to Whale's consternation, editor Ted Kent made glow during a fade-out<ref name = dvd /> – and the Monster consumes the Christian [[sacrament]]s of bread and wine at his "last supper" with the hermit. Horror scholar [[David J. Skal]] suggests that Whale's intention was to make a "direct comparison of Frankenstein's monster to Christ".<ref>Skal. p. 189</ref> Film scholar Scott MacQueen, noting Whale's lack of any religious convictions, disputes the notion that the Monster is a Christ-figure. Rather, the Monster is a "mockery of the divine" since, having been created by Man rather than God, it "lacks the divine spark". In crucifying the Monster, he says, Whale "pushes the audience's buttons" by inverting the central Christian belief of the death of Christ followed by the resurrection. The Monster is raised from the dead first, then crucified.<ref name = dvd />