In This Beautiful Mutation of a Classic Horror Film, Director Maggie Gyllenhaal Gives Latitude to Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale to Put Their Own Stamp on This Story
In Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” “Frankenstein” author Mary Shelley speaks from the afterlife, saying she has a story she wants to tell after her famous tale, but could not due to her death. So she possesses Ida, a woman living in 1936 Chicago.