Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter) resurrects a legend with THE BRIDE, a shocking, fever-dream reinvention of one of horror’s most enduring tales.
At its heart lies Christian Bale as a haunted and solitary Frankenstein, stalking the shadows of 1930s Chicago. Desperate, aching, and monstrous, he seeks the genius of Dr. Euphronious, brought to life by the incomparable Annette Bening, to conjure him a companion. Together, in a haze of blood and electricity, they breathe unholy life into a slain young woman. She awakens as The Bride, incarnated with feral brilliance by Jessie Buckley.
But this birth is no mere creation; it is an awakening. What follows is a collision of terror and ecstasy: murder spirals into mania, possession blurs the line between flesh and spirit, and The Bride herself becomes a spark for a wild, forbidden movement of power, lust, and revolt. At its core, a combustible romance explodes between outlaws who refuse to be chained by the living or the dead.
With a cast as staggering as the tale itself, Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhaal, Penélope Cruz, and Annette Bening—this fevered vision comes alive under Gyllenhaal’s own screenplay and direction, produced alongside Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Talia Kleinhendler, and Osnat Handelsman Keren, with executive producers Carla Raij, David Webb, and Courtney Kivowitz.
THE BRIDE is not just a retelling. It’s a resurrection. A dark hymn. A furious heartbeat stitched from madness, romance, and horror.
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