Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley's Frankenstein spin-off, The Bride!, has set a release date for its debut on HBO Max.

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! offers a fresh take on the iconic Frankenstein mythology, reimagining the Creature’s search for love in a bold new way. Starring Christian Bale as Frank and Jessie ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. "The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond ...

Just like how women’s stories matter (they just do!), movie monsters are gayyyyy, they just are! Compelling beasties who get ostracized by the rest of the world because of the way they were born have ...

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 ...

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, with Frankenstein riff The Bride! hitting theaters, let’s revisit 1935’s subtextually queer horror classic Bride ...

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL'S BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN!! Fresh out of the theater, were giving our first reactions & review of The Bride! (2025) the highly anticipated gothic reimagining of the classic ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I’m talking about the 1935 classic starring Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s monster, and Elsa ...

Just months after Guillermo del Toro unleashed Frankenstein on unsuspecting Netflix subscribers, Maggie Gyllenhaal gives a punk-rock spin on the same classic tale with The Bride! While both movies are ...

With Bride of Frankenstein In 1935, director James Whale brought to life more than just a would-be wife for his first monstrous creation. He helped electrify a Hollywood playbook that Marvel, DC and ...

“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 ...