A fresh take on Frankenstein.” The latest incarnation of this wave began with Poor Things back in 2023, with Lisa Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, and now Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! Several drafts and promises of future (non-horror) work from the studio later, Whale finally agreed, and production on The Bride of Frankenstein began on January 2, 1935. Queer horror in general places great emphasis on identifying with the villain, and Karloff’s creation is the most sympathetic of all of Universal's monsters. And although it was invented for the movie, the ending of The Bride of Frankenstein is very much in the feminist spirit of Shelley’s original novel. The Bride of Frankenstein is now streaming on HBO Max.