"This new monster's-wife tale is a rackety, violent black comedy with twists of Rocky Horror and extended homages to the top-hat-and-tails sophistication of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. It's also a gangster joyride from the roaring 20s and 30s with Mr and Mrs F-M reimagined as a kind of post-death Bonnie and Clyde."
"It takes as its premise the idea that Mary Shelley is an angry ghost, spewing out into the shadowy netherworld her patrician contempt for the mediocre menfolk that surrounded her in life, and longing for a suitable living woman to insinuate herself back into."
"When Shelley's ghost enters Ida at this place one night, her body convulses with possession, gibbering and jerking and free-associating in Mrs Shelley's British tones, like a cross between Regan in The Exorcist and a very posh version of the cult comedian Charlie Chuck, who randomly shouts Woof! Bark! Donkey!"
A contemporary film adaptation reimagines the Frankenstein narrative by centering on the monster's bride, drawing inspiration from the 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein. The story features Mary Shelley as an angry ghost who possesses Ida, a tough woman from a 1920s Chicago speakeasy. The film blends multiple genres—violent black comedy, gangster thriller, and horror—with stylistic homages to Rocky Horror Picture Show and Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. Jessie Buckley delivers a commanding performance as the possessed Ida, while Christian Bale co-stars as her partner. The narrative reimagines the couple as a post-death Bonnie and Clyde, combining supernatural possession with period crime drama elements.
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