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The Bride
Frankenstein builds the perfect woman - and lives to regret it - in this tantalising marriage of horror, romance and unbridled passion... Read more
| Starring | Sting, Jennifer Beals, Geraldine Page, Clancy Brown |
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| Director | Franc Roddam |
| Genres | Horror |
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The Bride
Frankenstein builds the perfect woman - and lives to regret it - in this tantalising marriage of horror, romance and unbridled passion...
| Starring | Sting, Jennifer Beals, Geraldine Page, Clancy Brown, Anthony Higgins, David Rappaport |
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| Director | Franc Roddam |
| Studio | 4 FRONT VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 55 mins |
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| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 03 Oct 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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One of the more unnecessary versions of Mary Shelley's man-makes-monster story, pre-dating the recent Kenneth Branagh fiasco and following a gap created by the decline of the House of Hammer. A bizarre cast has Sting as Baron Frankenstein, bringing Jennifer Beals to life (now that takes some doing!) under the watchful gaze of monster number one Clancy Brown, whose touching scenes with the late David Rappaport effortlessly steal the movie. Michael Seymour's production design is lush and impressive, as is Maurice Jarre's score, but despite the dextrous efforts of editor Michael Ellis, this one is a non-starter. More humour might have helped.
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Insane romantic-feminist remake of The Bride of Frankenstein (qv), extremely dull and aimless after an arresting start.
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STING IS BETTER AS A MUSICIAN THAN AS AN ACTOR
FRANKENSTEIN (STING) has created the perfect woman. He names her Eva and has made her to be the equal of man in thought and reasoning. Trouble is: when Eva becomes sexually aware after being integrated into society, Frankenstein becomes a control-freak and insanely jealous of her.
Meanwhile, Frankenstein's other Creature, named 'Viktor' escapes from Frankenstein's laboratory after a fire and hides out in the woods. There he meets dwarf Rinaldo (David Rappaport). The two strike up an unusual but close friendship as they go together to seek fame and foretune in the circus of Budapest. After Rinaldo is killed in a circus accident (by a jealous circus performer), Viktor is alone and goes back to Frankenstein bent on revenge and to claim his Bride.
The only thing that saves this movie from being utter tripe is a classical, romantic score by veteran French film composer MAURICE JARRE. STING and JENNIFER BEALS are both dreadful and wooden in their performances. See this movie only if you are REALLY INTERESTED.
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- MAXIMILIAN from BURNHAM
- Posted 12 Jul 2006 11:21
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Mixed Blessings
There's quite a lot here of interest, even though the whole doesn't add up to much. 'Frankenstein' and 'The Bride of Frankenstein' have been re-worked with a quasi-feminist/human rights twist, and the style of production and writing are pure late Hammer. The strange central casting doesn't work: both leads are strangely bland, mainly because the director doesn't actually do much with them, as if the novelty of the casting is enough - it isn't. Sting, in repose, might look like a Byronic hero, but as soon as he speaks or moves, his twentieth-century origins are obvious. Compare his performance with that of Ralph Fiennes in 'The Duchess' and you'll see what I mean. The plot veers into 'Pygmalion' territory and out again, while the much more interesting parallel plot of Renaldo and Viktor frequently - and obviously - echoes 'Of Mice and Men'.
Watch the casting: Quentin Crisp and Geraldine Page crop up - Crisp with nothing to say - while Phil Daniels and Alexei Sayle do quite a nice double act as villainous circus owners. Not a great film - not even a good one - but there's stuff to enjoy. -
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