Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on The Bride of Frankenstein officially comes alive among a slew of new 2026 movie releases coming to theaters this weekend. If you’ve been wondering whether The Bride! is a romance between two “monsters” brought to life by electricity, we have Christian Bale’s take on the question to ponder.

Among all the directorial debuts made by actors in this century, Maggie Gyllenhaal ’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “ The Lost Daughter ” (2021) has a special place. Nominated for Oscars in Best Actress,

Jessie Buckley commands Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride,' but the feminist horror movie is both conspicuously DC-coded and bizarrely behind the times.

Maggie Gyllenhaal's punk-inspired The Bride! splits critics, with Jessie Buckley widely praised but reviewers divided on its tone and ambition.

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal reinvents a classic monster story in ‘The Bride!’ but sewing together different genres like body parts doesn’t always work.

The Bride!, starring Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley, is a wild, unique adaptation that breathes new life into this story.

Over two hundred years after Mary Shelley’s novel, the idea of the “Bride of Frankenstein” largely remains a piece of lore that has gone untapped. This is due primarily to James Whale’s 1935 film and Elsa Lanchester’s iconic shriek and hair,

Here's what The Bride herself said.