Based loosely on the 1935 film and Mary Shelley’s novel, this female-focused film written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal puts Frankenstein’s monster in second place to his ‘companion’ and could be considered an unofficial sequel of sorts to del Toro’s recent Frankenstein film. Does The Bride! manage to stand on her own two (dead) feet, or is she a few limbs short of a sturdy body?

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