A bride collapsed during her own rehearsal dinner toast. The detective who burst in explained everything.

A bride staged her own "murder" during her rehearsal dinner toast at Fairmont Banff. Her husband and 30 guests had absolutely ...
IndieWire

Don’t Let ‘The Bride!’ Box Office Bomb Give the Wrong Lesson About Ambition and Originality

With just $13.5 million globally against an $80 million production budget, Maggie Gyllenhaal's film is shaping up to be one of the bigger flops of 2026. For Warner Bros., it ends a streak of nine ...
Forbes

Here’s How Bad ‘The Bride!’ Bombed At The Box Office In Its Opening Weekend

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s monster mash The Bride! opened in theaters last Friday, but it’s already become a living nightmare for the acclaimed writer-director. Forbes‘The Bride!’: Stars Who Played Bride Of ...
Variety

5 Reasons ‘The Bride!’ Was Dead on Arrival at the Box Office

It’s alive, but it’s not exactly showing signs of life. Set in the 1930s, “The Bride!” follows a very lonely Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) and his undead love interest (Jessie Buckley) as ...
Variety

5 Reasons ‘The Bride!’ Was Dead on Arrival at the Box Office

Set in the 1930s, “The Bride!” follows a very lonely Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) and his undead love interest (Jessie Buckley) as deranged outlaws on the run. Middling reviews, ...
collider

‘The Bride!’ Is a No-Show at the Box Office Altar With Under 1/6 Its Budget

Rohan Naahar is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He ...
New York Daily News

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal defends sexual violence in ‘The Bride!’

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal is defending the use of sexual violence in her new movie, “The Bride!,” a Frankenstein spin-off that has left critics divided. “I have to say, I felt strongly that the ...
Cinema Blend

The Bride! Ending: Christian Bale Explains What He Thinks The Last Shot Means

After years of talk about Hollywood reimagining The Bride of Frankenstein for the modern age, Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! is among new 2026 movies out this week, and it’s time to talk about the ...
Cosmopolitan

‘The Bride!’ Ends On a Darkly Comic, Oddly Hopeful and Literally Musical Note

There’s a new Frankenstein in town and she’s a lot. Feeling dizzy after watching Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale’s new film The Bride!, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal? Morbidly curious and looking to ...
The Conversation

A brief cinematic history of Frankenstein’s Bride as a feminist icon

Frankenstein’s female creature, also known as “the Bride”, was the first female monster to appear on screen, in the 1935 Frankenstein sequel: The Bride of Frankenstein. An unruly and rebellious figure ...
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The best Frankenstein Easter egg in The Bride! Reveals just how smart the movie truly is

Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! makes multiple references to Frankenstein films of the past, but one Easter egg proves how ...
Hartford Courant

Movie Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ is a Frankenstein riff with a pulse

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” is a big, brash swing at a new “The Bride of Frankenstein” that struggles to cohere its many parts. But I’ll say this for it: It’s alive. Just months after Guillermo ...