Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ offers a new take on the classic Frankenstein story, reimagining it as a dark love story set in 1930s Chicago.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Bride of Frankenstein… What’s her story? Taking place in 1930’s Chicago, The Bride! follows Frank (Christian Bale), who might be more famously known as Frankenstein’s monster.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Bride! also earned a “fresh” critic score from Caryn James of the BBC, who writes in her ...

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 ...

The writer-director also explains the offbeat 1930s setting of her 'Bride of Frankenstein' riff, which hits theaters in March. Reading time 4 minutes Last year, creature-feature fans got a lavishly ...

He’s a reanimated corpse, cursed to wander the land in a state of existential misery for centuries! She’s a former moll for a two-bit gangster, brought back from the dead to become his soulmate! You ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “The Bride!” is a maniacal assemblage of ’30s musicals, ’40s noirs, 19th century literature and 21st century ...

Like the title character of her new movie “The Bride!,” Maggie Gyllenhaal got possessed by Mary Shelley. In crafting her genre-smashing take on “The Bride of Frankenstein,” the director went down a ...

Frankenstein has been on top of the world for the past few months. Netflix released Guillermo Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” on its streaming service Nov. 7. The film was the No. 1 Netflix movie in 72 ...

Business for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!,” starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, is going from bad to worse in its ...