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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

The Bride of Frankenstein
The Bride of Frankenstein
NR
Comedy
Horror
Sci-Fi

Release Date
April 20, 1935
Director
James Whale
Cast
Boris Karloff , Colin Clive , Valerie Hobson , Ernest Thesiger , Elsa Lanchester , Gavin Gordon
Runtime
75
Main Genre
Comedy
Writers
Mary Shelley , William Hurlbut , John L. Balderston , Josef Berne , Lawrence G. Blochman , Robert Florey
Tagline
The monster demands a mate.

Summary

Bride of Frankenstein begins where James Whale's Frankenstein from 1931 ended. Dr. Frankenstein has not been killed as previously portrayed and now he wants to get away from the mad experiments. Yet when his wife is kidnapped by his creation, Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new monster, this time a woman.

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