Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" hits theaters this weekend, another take on the Frankenstein story that's more about other Frankenstein movies than the original text itself. "Bride of Frankenstein" was always a cinematic creation anyway, arriving as a sequel film in 1935 to James Whale's 1931 "Frankenstein," so it stands to reason that Gyllenhaal's movie would pay homage to Hollywood's love ...
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM on March 4, 2026