Film· 2026· Horror

The Bride!

by Maggie Gyllenhaal

The Bride!: it draws on 3 recorded sources.

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What influenced The Bride!

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Metropolis

Film · 1927

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Maggie Gyllenhaal named Metropolis, with Bonnie and Clyde and Badlands, as the references for The Bride!, a 1930s-set story she wanted to make in a classic style and then subvert.

About the work

The Bride!

In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein's lonely creature asks a scientist to make him a companion, and a murdered young woman is brought back to life as the Bride. The two go on the run together, igniting a radical social movement as they flee the police.