Here comes the mother f**king bride!
A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined.
Cast
Jessie Buckley
The Bride
Christian Bale
Frankenstein's Monster
Jake Gyllenhaal
Peter Sarsgaard
Annette Bening
Dr. Euphronious
Penélope Cruz
Myrna
Jeannie Berlin
John Magaro
Julianne Hough
Louis Cancelmi
Linda Emond
Matthew Maher
Stephanie Troyak
William Hill
Chicago Police Sergeant
Massiel Mordan
Mable
Videos
News
‘The Bride!’ Electrifies HBO Max Next Week
Maggie Gyllenhaal's fresh take on Frankenstein's bride, 'The Bride!', officially has its streaming date, set to electrify HBO Max next week!
Joe Dante praises The Bride! and compares it to Gremlins 2
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When will Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bride of Frankenstein remake The Bride! get a digital release?
Director Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! hasn't done well at the box office, but soon it will be available on digital The post When will Maggie Gyllenh...
‘The Bride!’ and the Weird History of Female Monsters Getting Their Own Stories
Well. It finally happened. Someone looked at the Bride of Frankenstein, a character who had roughly four seconds of screen time in 1935, hissed at a g...
The Return of the Gothic Monster Boyfriend
From 'The Bride!' to 'Dracula: A Love Tale' and 'Wuthering Heights', why women are drawn to the obsessive romance of gothic horror
‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Electrify This Messy Monster Mash
That electric romance between Buckley’s Ida and Bale’s Frank resurrects ‘The Bride!’, even though its script is half-baked. Read our review.
‘The Bride!’ Clip Runs Away With Frankenstein’s Monster
Warner Bros has released one final clip from The Bride! displaying Frank (Christian Bale; American Psycho) and his reanimated bride (Jessie Buckley),...
Review: THE BRIDE! is Raucous, Rebellious Horror Filmmaking
A lonely, rotting monster. A deceased snitch possessed by Mary Shelley's spirit. A romance from beyond the grave—but is it a love story? Maggie Gyllen...
‘The Bride!’ Shares Massive IMAX Poster With Frankenstein’s Monster [Featurette]
As part of the Filmed For IMAX program, The Bride! marks director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s first film made for IMAX. We’re told that Gyllenhaal […]
‘The Bride!’ Marks the First Time Maggie Gyllenhaal Has Worked with Her Brother Since ‘Donnie Darko’
The Bride! won’t just reunite a lonely Frankenstein’s monster with his bride, but it marks the first time writer/director Maggie Gyllenhaal has worked...
- Release Date 03/04/2026
- Language English
- Director Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Writer Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Editor Dylan Tichenor
- Cinematographer Lawrence Sher
- Producers Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Talia Kleinhendler, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren
- Companies First Love Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, In The Current Company, Domain Entertainment
- Budget $100,000,000
- Homepage www.thebridemovie.com
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Mar 4, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| PH | Mar 4, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| AR | Mar 5, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| Brazil | Mar 5, 2026 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Germany | Mar 5, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| HR | Mar 5, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| IL | Mar 5, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| Italy | Mar 5, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| SG | Mar 5, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| TH | Mar 5, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| UA | Mar 5, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| VN | Mar 5, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| Canada | Mar 6, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| FI | Mar 6, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| TR | Mar 6, 2026 | Theatrical | — |
| United States | Mar 6, 2026 | Theatrical | R |
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