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The Bride

This is my second favorite version of Frankenstein. It's not very true to the book but it is still a great film. Don't confuse this with the original Bride of Frankenstein, this is more like what would have happened after The Bride of Frankenstein or if Dr. Frankenstein had followed through on making a mate for his creature. It can act as a quasi-sequel to any version of the Frankenstein story. It's a very sympathetic story toward the monster as well as towards the rights of women. It has a kind of hammer horror quality to it and Sting makes for a very alluring, attractive and somewhat sinister version of Dr. Frankenstein. Special note: if you want a good faithful version of the Frankenstein story seek out the version starring Luke Goss as the creature from 2004 and made by Hallmark and released to DVD through Lion's Gate. That is the most faithful version to the novel.

This is a sequel to Frankenstein. It is pretty good. It is scary. It has a great story line. It also great acting. It also has great special effects. This one of the best horror movies from the 80's. If it does not scary you no movie will. 5.3 is underrating it. This is a true horror classic. It is kind of a love story. But still it is a very good movie. It is a great monster movie. Doctor Frankenstein his a bad guy. And the monster is a good guy. So it is not quit the traditional Frankenstein movie. Frankenstein (1931) is better. But still this is a good movie. The Bride of Frankenstein is better. This is better then Frankenstein (1910). It a great film.

Surprising and fine Mary Shelley's Frankenstein adaptation, fresh and touching, the plot is the same in opening scenes, but changes when the Monster meets a Dwarf, this is actually the main character of the movie, he gave a name, he teaching how to share, he gets a job, aftermath raise a strong friendship as brothers and they get some money working together in the Circus in a dangerous acting and fatal too caused by a greedy and jealous man, after made your revenge Viktor is back to meet your Bride following your heart as said by Rinaldo, one of most best adaptation to the screen of this fantastic novel and strangely underrated by IMDb's users, perhaps Sting could be a reason...

It's Halloween 2017, and I saw this movie on TV. Didn't know anything about it except that it had Sting in it and it was made in 1985. Basically was another adaptation of the Mary Shelley Frankenstein novel. The opening music sounded sentimental as if a romance was about to unfold....as opposed to a horror movie. And it was anything but a horror movie. It was a heart warming story, much more complex than the 1931 Universal movie. Both the male monster and female monster were very sympathetic characters. I love period, Old World, costume productions, which this was. The movie had a rich, high budget look. Sting acted respectfully. The midget character was a bit Disneyesque - a little too sentimental, but he was charming nonetheless. I had no clue how this was going to end but was satisfied by the ending. I suppose it did poorly because it wasn't a "horror" movie with scary monsters in it. But I still liked it a lot.

I don't see this as a remake of _Bride of Frankenstein_ at all. In _Bride of Frankenstein_ the bride is created, rejects the idea of being the monster's mate, and is brought down together with monster, maker, and laboratory. That happens here too, but it's only the beginning and the movie mostly gives us the further adventures of the trio after they have picked themselves up and dusted themselves off. The bride on the one hand is groomed to be a woman who can achieve anything but is unaware of her origin, though she is does find an ossuary a fascinating place to be. The monster on the other hand is all too aware of his origin but unaware of his potential as a human being. This makes an interesting contrast, but mostly the film is just more of the James Whale sort of thing, for people who like that sort of thing. It's respectful, not exploitative, but not ground-breaking either.

Baron Charles Frankenstein (Sting) and his assistants create Eva (Jennifer Beals) for his monster (Clancy Brown). Eva rejects the monster and he destroys the lab. Frankenstein escapes with Eva. Unbeknowst to him, the monster also escapes and befriends midget Rinaldo. Rinaldo teaches him humanity and gives him the name Viktor. They travel to Budapest and join the circus. Meanwhile, Frankenstein intends to civilize Eva and mold her into his love. He tells everyone that he found her in the woods with memory lost. Captain Josef Schoden (Cary Elwes) is taken with her. She encounters Viktor and the spark is reignited. The movie has little tension. When the story splits in two, the tension fades. Sting is stiff in this and not his best role. Jennifer Beals doesn't deserve her Razzie nomination. Her role requires some odd work from her. This is a bad attempt at reworking the Frankenstein story.