Smithsonian Magazine

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

Directed by James Whale, the 1935 movie and its prequel, a 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel, laid the ...

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 ...

At the Movies: ‘Hoppers’ and ‘The Bride!’

How does one describe the latest Pixar movie? The star of “Hoppers” isn’t a traumatized deer, though. It’s a tough-talking beaver named ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley reimagine Frankenstein’s bride

With the release of “The Bride!” we asked scholars, film curators and experts in Mary Shelley’s work why so few women have ...

I Thought I Knew What To Expect From The Original Bride Of Frankenstein Movie, But I Just Watched It, And WTF?

It served as the first sequel in a string of Frankenstein movies Studios made in the 1930s and 1940s. The plot revolves around Henry Frankenstein attempting to desert his past experiments and live a ...