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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Tomatometer:
100%
Adjusted Score:
85.4
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Editor's Note
Rife with campy sensibilities, The Bride of Frankenstein is a
combination of horror and comedy, but not necessarily in the same vein
as, say, The Evil Dead or Shaun of the Dead. The film's
comedic underpinnings are evident in the overly dramatic facial
expressions of the bride, who manages to evoke a belly laugh with a
simple turn of the head. However, James Whale's picture is still very
much a horror film -- the monsters, after all, are assembled from dead
bodies. As far as Frankenstein sequels go, The Bride of
Frankenstein is by far the most worthwhile of the bunch.
Critical Consensus
An eccentric, campy, technically impressive, and frightening picture, James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein has aged remarkably well.
Synopsis
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, a masterly mix of horror and black comedy, is the first in a series of sequels to FRANKENSTEIN (SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN). In the wry prologue, Mary Shelley...
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