The Bride!

The Bride!

2026 · 127 min · EN · R · 6.2 (516 votes)
Dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal · Starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Jeannie Berlin, Annette Bening · Music Hildur Guðnadóttir

Here comes the mother f*%#ing bride!

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A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined.

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A darkly romantic, unsettling musical that blends gothic horror with a feminist twist. It feels like a fever dream of creation, loneliness, and the dangerous pursuit of companionship in a stylized 1930s world.

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