kidnap Elizabeth. Pretorius guarantees her safe return upon Henry's participation. Henry returns to his tower laboratory where, despite himself, he grows excited over his work. After being assured of Elizabeth's safety, Henry completes the Bride's body. A storm rages as final preparations are made to bring the Bride to life. Her bandage-wrapped body is raised through the roof, where electricity is harnessed from lightning to animate her. Henry and Pretorius lower her and, after realizing their success in bringing her to life, remove her bandages and help her to stand, as the Bride of Frankenstein is born. The Monster comes down the steps after killing Karl on the rooftop and sees his mate. The excited Monster reaches out to her and asks: "Friend?" The Bride, screaming, rejects him. The dejected Monster observes: "She hate me! Like others". As Elizabeth races to Henry's side, the Monster rampages through the laboratory. When Pretorius warns that the Monster's actions are about to destroy them all, the Monster pauses and tells Henry and Elizabeth: "Go! You live! Go!" To Pretorius and the Bride, he says: "You stay. We belong dead". While Henry and Elizabeth flee, the Monster looks at the Bride who hisses at him. Shedding a tear, he pulls a lever to trigger the laboratory and tower's destruction. Cast Boris Karloff as The Monster (billed as KARLOFF) Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein Valerie Hobson as Elizabeth Frankenstein Ernest Thesiger as Doctor Pretorius Elsa Lanchester as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and The Monster's Bride (credited as ?) Gavin Gordon as Lord Byron Douglas Walton as Percy Bysshe Shelley Una O'Connor as Minnie E. E. Clive as the Burgomaster Lucien Prival as Frankenstein's butler O. P. Heggie as Hermit Dwight Frye as Karl, Pretorius' henchman Ted Billings as Ludwig, Pretorius' henchman Reginald Barlow as Hans, father of the killed girl Maria Mary Gordon as Hans' wife Anne Darling as the shepherdess J. Gunnis Davis as Uncle Glutz Walter Brennan as a peasant (uncredited, but with dialogue) John Carradine as a hunter (uncredited, but with dialogue) Production Universal considered making a sequel to Frankenstein as early as its 1931 preview screenings, following which the film's original ending was changed to allow for Henry Frankenstein's survival. James Whale initially refused to direct Bride, believing he had "squeezed the idea dry" on the first film. Kurt Neumann was originally scheduled to replace Whale but decided to film The Black