Bride of Frankenstein
1935 | Horror | USA | Directed by James Whale
Overview
The rare sequel that tops its original. Whale traded gothic gloom for wit, Expressionism, and a wounded monster who learns to speak and wants a friend. Elsa Lanchesters lightning streak hairstyle alone seeded a century of iconography. Pretorius and his bottled homunculi out weird almost anything since. Karloffs monster, hunted and heartbroken, remains horrors most sympathetic figure.
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