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Movie Info

After creating Viktor (Clancy Brown), a reanimated man, Dr. Frankenstein (Sting) brings the freshly dead Eva (Jennifer Beals) back to life as a mate for his monster. Gorgeous Eva rejects the hideously scarred Viktor, who goes on a murderous rampage that blows up the lab. In the chaos, Frankenstein and Eva escape. Assuming Viktor is dead, Frankenstein decides to train his other creation to act like a normal human. Meanwhile, Viktor pairs with dwarf Rinaldo (David Rappaport) to form a circus act.

Rating:

PG-13
Genre:

horror
Original Language:

English
Director:

Franc Roddam
Producer:

Victor Drai, Chris Kenny
Writer:

Lloyd Fonvielle
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 16, 2012
Runtime:

1h 58m
Production Co:

Lee International Studios, Colgems Productions Ltd., Delphi III Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Sound Mix:

Surround

Cast & Crew

Sting
Frankenstein

Jennifer Beals
Eva

Clancy Brown
Viktor

David Rappaport
Rinaldo

Geraldine Page
Mrs. Baumann

Anthony Higgins
Clerval

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Critic Reviews for The Bride

All Critics (11) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (8)

The Bride might be inspired by Mary Shelley, but its nature seems to draw from Robert Louis Stevenson. Aping the latter's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this feels like two separate movies battling for the upper hand, with the end result basically being a tie.

November 2, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
The Bride wields its fanciful melodrama in such a way that it has gotten to the heart of something universal and wounding before you've even realized it.

November 20, 2018 | Full Review…

David Bax
Battleship Pretension
A rare return to Bride of Frankenstein territory, The Bride isn't helped by the obvious comparison to its much-better predecessor

July 16, 2018 | Full Review…

Sarah Ward
Flicks.com.au
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September 4, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
An endearingly strange little re-imagining of Whale's creepy classic.

April 3, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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December 5, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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August 22, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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July 2, 2003 | Rating: 3/5

Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
Interesting concept that basically does not stand up over time; Beals is just not a good enough actress to carry off her part.

May 1, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Blasphemously bad rehash of Bride of Frankenstein.

April 21, 2003 | Rating: 1/5

Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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November 15, 2002 | Rating: 1/5

Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

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Audience Reviews for The Bride

Aug 09, 2011

The familiar story takes an interesting if slow divergent path in this update of Whale's classic. Beals and Sting do as well as they can with underwritten material while the Monster, ably played by Clancy Brown and touching on some of Karloff's tender renditions, makes a friend (David Rappaport, perhaps the heart of the piece) and joins the circus. A surprise.

Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
Feb 25, 2010

Dr. Frankenstein builds a mate for his creation, but instead decides to turn her into a feminist icon (!), so the original monster leaves to join the circus with a dwarf (!). Pointless and ridiculous "remake" of THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.

Greg S Super Reviewer
Dec 29, 2009

Christ I keep wondering why make many Remakes over the years though I have to admit this Remake was a guilty Joy.

Wahida K Super Reviewer
May 20, 2009

Disappointing. The film looks great - the costumes and the sets are wonderful - but there was just something lacking, maybe in the story itself...or in the acting department. ;) Frankly, I wasn't all that interested in the adventures of Viktor and Rinaldo. It felt like they belonged to an entirely different film.

vieras e Super Reviewer