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Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Bride and Frank

In ‘Bride of Frankenstein,’ the Monster’s Wife Never Speaks. Now, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ Gives the Iconic Character a Voice

Nearly a century later, a new film written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal is bringing the focus back to the monster’s wife.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal made to cut 1 gruesome scene from Bride of Frankenstein reimagining

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Maggie Gyllenhaal on How She Crafted Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale’s Looks in ‘The Bride!’

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The Bride! Review: Jessie Buckley & Christian Bale Frankenstein Movie Is Enchanting

The Bride! is a swooning, soot-streaked fever dream of a movie, the kind that feels less like a retelling and more like a resurrection.

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‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Are Magnetic Monsters in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lumbering Punk Horror Trip

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‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Reinvents The ‘Frankenstein’ Story And Gives Sensational Jessie Buckley And Christian Bale A Monster Mashup Like No Other

The saucy, bohemian life of the original Bride of Frankenstein

In 1935, Universal Pictures hyped Bride of Frankenstein by making a mystery out of the Monster’s Mate. “Who will be the Bride of Frankenstein? Who will dare?” asked Universal’s publicity machine,

The Many Brides of Frankenstein

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” imagines an empowered mate for the monster. We look back at other memorable cinematic versions.

The Classic Monster Masterpiece That Inspired 'The Bride!' Comes Alive on March 1

Before Jessie Buckley stars in Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! alongside Christian Bale, the original horror classic is available to stream.

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A feminist 'Bride' for Frankenstein

Writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s gonzo revisionist take on James Whale’s 1935 “Bride of Frankenstein” is a "hellzapoppin’ cacophony of silly ideas and mad movie love, overhauling the queer-coded camp classic into a funhouse feminist manifesto,