this one work on several level and that may not all be apparent to the casual viewer . it delve into the sci fi area of the fear and apprehension of the new and strange unfamiliar technology that do and do and always will cause mankind to shudder to think of just what our role will be in the future . this parallel the then current political idea of a society that would be best rule by scientist and engineer and the like . know a technocracy and this system neither have much room nor any sympathy for the human side of thing and too inefficient . secondly and the inclusion of the satanist cult be both a throw back to old gothic type horror tale of witch and ghost and the supernatural . this be a link to the vampire and werewolf and and be a horror that can not be more universal ( not universal . ) . fear of the occult . thirdly and the element of the story that be perhaps the most pertinent to our amodern world . the mansion and which serve a the setting for most of the film and be build on the sight of a great world war i battle and in which countless thousand lose their life . this in the end be probably the most horrifying ( and truthful ) element . when combine with the blood letting and cruelty of man to fellow man that be portray a the climax to the film and the movie sound both a condemnation of what have transpire in the previous part of the 20th century and wwi and and the unthinkable atrocity that be to come .