Bride of Frankenstein advertised as The Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American horror film, the first sequel to Universal Pictures 1931 hit Frankenstein. As with the first film, Bride of Frankenstein was directed by James Whale and stars Boris Karloff as The Monster. The sequel features Elsa Lanchester in the dual role of his mate and Mary Shelley, Colin Clive reprising his role as Henry Frankenstein, and Ernest Thesiger as Doctor Septimus Pretorius.
On a stormy night, Percy Bysshe Shelley Douglas Walton and Lord Byron Gavin Gordon praise Mary Shelley Elsa Lanchester for her story of Frankenstein and his Monster. Reminding them that her intention was to impart a moral lesson, Mary says she has more of the story to tell. The scene shifts to the end of the 1931 Frankenstein.Villagers gathered around the burning windmill cheer the apparent death of the Monster Boris Karloff, credited as Karloff. Their joy is tempered by the realization that Henry Frankenstein Colin Clive is also apparently dead. Hans Reginald Barlow, father of the girl the creature drowned in the previous film, wants to see the Monsters bones. He falls into a flooded pit underneath the mill, where the Monster having survived the fire strangles him. Hauling himself from the pit, the Monster casts Hans wife Mary Gordon into it to her death. He next encounters Minnie Una OConnor, who flees in terror. ........
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