Christian Bale went deep into Frankenstein history for his role in The Bride! Set in 1930s Chicago, the Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed film sees a lonely Frankenstein (Bale) enlist Dr. Euphronious to ...

It’s been over two centuries since Victor Frankenstein’s monster first opened his eyes, and just shy of one since Boris Karloff’s turn as the Creature cemented the bolt-wearing behemoth as a horror ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First, a disclaimer of sorts: The Bride of Frankenstein is not a character in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein, or the ...

Through all of its muddled schlock, Gyllenhaal’s film never once loses its distinctly feminine ambition, and that makes “The Bride!” a far more faithful “Frankenstein” adaptation than any made by a ...

The Bride of Frankenstein lives for only five minutes or so of her 1935 movie. She never speaks a word. A hiss. A scream. And, with that, her creators recognise her abhorrence and snuff out instantly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like the title character of her new movie “The Bride!,” Maggie Gyllenhaal got possessed by Mary Shelley. In crafting her ...

No less imaginative is the importation of the story from Europe to midcentury America. This allows the film to include among its sights rollicking nightclubs, decadent parties, and grand movie palaces ...