Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Cast: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal

Synopsis:

The Bride! reimagines the Frankenstein legend in 1930s Chicago, where a lonely monster and a brilliant scientist resurrect a murdered woman as the Bride. Her unexpected independence ignites a combustible romance, police pursuit, and a radical social movement. Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal with a star-studded cast, it blends gothic horror, romance, and punk energy.

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There are more movies based on Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” than nearly any other story ever published. But something’s missing from a lot of them. Most “Frankenstein” movies have a mad scientist, and they almost all have a creature made from corpses, but most Mary Shelley adaptations eagerly cut out Mary Shelley.

The 2013 reimagining “I, Frankenstein” didn’t even give Shelley a “Inspired By” credit, burying her instead in the “Special Thanks” section. (Yeah, they seemed super thankful.) Even Guillermo Del Toro’s Oscar-nominated “Frankenstein” somehow found a way to conclude with a quote from Lord Byron — and not, pointedly, any words from Mary Shelley.

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