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 ...

Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley in 'The Bride' Inspired to watch the 1935 original for the first time after seeing a tattoo of the Bride on a stranger's forearm, Gyllenhaal was left with a question ...

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 ...

“I don’t want this. I don’t want any of this.” If Elsa Lanchester had been given any dialogue in 1935’s science fiction horror classic, The Bride of Frankenstein, she probably would have said ...

Let's be clear on one thing: "The Bride!" is a wild ride. Courtesy of director Maggie Gyllenhaal, it offers up a frenzied take on the "Bride of Frankenstein" story — only this time with more ...

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 ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bride of Frankenstein tale The Bride!, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, will become the latest film to feature the classic character when it opens on the big screen this ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal explains how a striking tattoo led her to watch 1935's The Bride of Frankenstein, which left her with a burning question that inspired her new film. The writer-director breaks down ...