Decider

‘The Bride’ Comes To Digital, But When Will ‘The Bride’ 2026 Movie Be Streaming on HBO Max?

Discover What’s Streaming On: Jessie Buckley just won an Oscar for Hamnet, and now you can watch her in a very different type of role in The Bride!—a new gothic romance loosely based on the 1935 film ...
Forbes

Here’s How Bad ‘The Bride!’ Bombed At The Box Office In Its Opening Weekend

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s monster mash The Bride! opened in theaters last Friday, but it’s already become a living nightmare for the acclaimed writer-director. Forbes‘The Bride!’: Stars Who Played Bride Of ...
Variety

5 Reasons ‘The Bride!’ Was Dead on Arrival at the Box Office

It’s alive, but it’s not exactly showing signs of life. Set in the 1930s, “The Bride!” follows a very lonely Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) and his undead love interest (Jessie Buckley) as ...
collider

‘The Bride!’ Is a No-Show at the Box Office Altar With Under 1/6 Its Budget

Rohan Naahar is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He ...
The Arts Desk

The Bride! review - feminist Frankenstein is a radical riot

And beyond her protagonist, Gyllenhaal’s daring script contains a handful of radical conceits, from making a character of Mary Shelley herself, to setting her action in Prohibition-era America, to ...
Cinema Blend

The Bride! Ending: Christian Bale Explains What He Thinks The Last Shot Means

After years of talk about Hollywood reimagining The Bride of Frankenstein for the modern age, Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! is among new 2026 movies out this week, and it’s time to talk about the ...
The Conversation

A brief cinematic history of Frankenstein’s Bride as a feminist icon

Frankenstein’s female creature, also known as “the Bride”, was the first female monster to appear on screen, in the 1935 Frankenstein sequel: The Bride of Frankenstein. An unruly and rebellious figure ...
Polygon

The Bride! takes the Frankenstein story on a messy, manic, monstrous ride

In some alternate universe, there’s probably a simpler, more straightforward version of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein spin-off movie The Bride! that’s currently getting called a must-see ...
7News Miami

Penélope Cruz and Peter Sarsgaard team up to track down Frankenstein and his bride in gothic thriller, ‘The Bride!’

“The Bride!” opens in theaters this weekend and it’s no Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kind of love story. This one is kind of sweet, kind of scary, and it’s all about the bride of Frankenstein. Deco’s ...
The New York Times

The Many Brides of Frankenstein

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” imagines an empowered mate for the monster. We look back at other memorable cinematic versions. By Robert Ito For Maggie Gyllenhaal, the director, writer, and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In ‘Bride of Frankenstein,’ the Monster’s Wife Never Speaks. Now, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ Gives the Iconic Character a Voice

From Guillermo del Toro’s latest Hollywood blockbuster to the Hotel Transylvania franchise, Frankenstein’s monster is never far from the public eye. Although the creature first appeared in Mary ...