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fromFilmmaker Magazine
1 month ago

With The Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal Clumsily Exhumes 200 Years of Zombie Girls

Zombie narratives have historically centered women's perspectives since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and contemporary filmmakers continue exploring this feminine-coded genre tradition.
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fromQueerty
1 month ago

Why the Bride of Frankenstein will always be a queer icon - Queerty

Movie monsters, particularly the Bride of Frankenstein, have served as queer icons for decades due to their themes of ostracization and difference, with this tradition continuing through Jessie Buckley's recent portrayal in Maggie Gyllenhaal's film.
fromSmithsonian Magazine
1 month ago

In 'Bride of Frankenstein,' the Monster's Wife Never Speaks. Now, Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' Gives the Iconic Character a Voice

Although the creature first appeared in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, many popular interpretations of his story draw on a 1931 film adaptation that's considered one of the first movies in the modern horror genre.
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