The Bride of Frankenstein is a fictional character first introduced in Mary Shelley 's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and later in the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein.

In the film Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Dr. Septimus Pretorius, who has become the Monster's benefactor, blackmails Dr. Henry Frankenstein into creating a race of "gods and monsters", starting …

“The Bride of Frankenstein” develops a complex, and still startlingly brave, theme of the Monster as the ultimate outsider, someone feared and rejected by society even more for what and who he is than …

Dec 16, 2025 · Maggie Gyllenhaal is resurrecting The Bride of Frankenstein for her latest directorial effort, but this isn't your grandma's monster with the beehive, lightning bolt hairdo.

Bride of Frankenstein is based on the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by 19-year old British author Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley [1797-1851]. The success of the first …

Jan 30, 2025 · Although it continues to suffer mistreatment from humans, in The Bride of Frankenstein it learns to distinguish good from evil and eventually encounters someone kind.

Oct 25, 2023 · In Young Frankenstein (1974), Mel Brooks lampoons the idea of the objectified Bride by turning Dr. Frederick Frankenstein’s prim fiancée, Elizabeth, into a saucy sexpot in a beehive wig …

Bride follows a chastened Henry Frankenstein as he attempts to abandon his plans to create life, only to be tempted and finally blackmailed by his old mentor Dr. Pretorius, along with threats from the …

Jul 1, 2025 · Immediately following 1931’s Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein centers on Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) as the sinister Dr. Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) urges him to collaborate on …

The Bride of Frankenstein also known as the Bride is an iconic monster affiliated with the Frankenstein franchise. She is generally portrayed as the lover (or intended lover) of Frankenstein's Monster.