Smithsonian Magazine

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

From Guillermo del Toro’s latest Hollywood blockbuster to the Hotel Transylvania franchise, Frankenstein’s monster is never far from the public eye. Although the creature first appeared in Mary ...
Yahoo

All the Questions I Still Have After Watching ‘The Bride!’

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 ...
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Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! isn’t as feminist as it thinks it is

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 ...
Variety

‘The Bride!’ Is the Latest Example of a New Wave of Feminist Horror — Experts Break Down What It Says About Women and Control

“She finds herself in such an insane situation,” Gyllenhaal said in a press conference promoting the film. “Having been brought back from the dead without her consent to be the wife of someone that ...
The Conversation

A brief cinematic history of Frankenstein’s Bride as a feminist icon

Frankenstein’s female creature, also known as “the Bride”, was the first female monster to appear on screen, in the 1935 Frankenstein sequel: The Bride of Frankenstein. An unruly and rebellious figure ...