Jessie Buckley as The Bride, and Christian Bale as Frankenstein, on the set of “The Bride!” with director Maggie Gyllenhaal. Photo credit: Warner Bros. Pictures Jessie Buckley and Christian

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” imagines an empowered mate for the monster. We look back at other memorable cinematic versions.

Writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s gonzo revisionist take on James Whale’s 1935 “Bride of Frankenstein” is a "hellzapoppin’ cacophony of silly ideas and mad movie love, overhauling the queer-coded camp classic into a funhouse feminist manifesto,

"The Bride!," in theaters Friday, incorporates social justice, dance and even Mary Shelley herself in a bold new take on "The Bride of Frankenstein."

Before Jessie Buckley stars in Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! alongside Christian Bale, the original horror classic is available to stream.