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.

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 ...

There are more movies based on Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” than nearly any other story ever published. But something’s missing from a lot of them. Most “Frankenstein” movies have a mad scientist, ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s time-shifting, genre-hopping riff on Mary Shelley’s creation stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale as outlaws in love. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

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 ...

Women in classic horror and fantasy rarely get the courtesy of complexity. Fay Wray’s threatened beauty in “King Kong” became a shorthand for damsels in distress; Brigitte Helm’s gleaming robot in ...

Is there a single work of horror fiction more influential than Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein? The 1818 novel — in which the titular scientist successfully manages to reanimate the dead — has been ...