The Bride of Frankenstein is poised to be a major player in Penny Dreadful Season 3.

And for Victor, this meant making love to a corpse he imbued with life.

But now the die has really been cast and lightning has finally struck.

I ought to be thy Adam, the Creature tells Frankenstein before even recounting his sad journeys.

But I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.

Everywhere I see bliss, from which I am irrevocably excluded.

I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend.

Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.

My evil passions will have fled, for I shall meet with sympathy!

My life will flow quietly away, and in my dying moments, I shall not curse my maker.

However, other creative folks throughout the centuries have not been so ambiguous.

But the Bride herself is something all together separate from the oddities of her two dads.

If not for the fright wig, shed be possibly considered a seductive presence on Henry herself.

Strangely, he spares Henry only because in the 30s, happy endings were required.

Yet, I wish the Bride was the one spared.

Victor Frankenstein, wonderfully played with vast arrogance and sadism by Peter Cushing over seven films.

Nonetheless, these pictures always lacked the playfulness of the studios Dracula and witchcraft alternatives.

The equation of souls and afterlife never played a factor in Victors thinking.

At least this time, Dr. Frankenstein seems a little sad.

Maybe hes simply as confused as we are as to what the Hell just happened.

The Bride of Frankenstein Meets Sting?

The most obscure entry in this article,The Bride(1985) is probably forgotten for good reason.

This film opens with the Brides creation.

The Bride, meanwhile, looks exactly like Jennifer Beals at the height of her post-Flashdanceglory.

…I also forgot to mention that this Dr. Frankenstein is played by Sting.

Relieved that Sting has been silenced, Eva and Viktor ride off into the sunrise.

Meant to be horrific, tragic, and bittersweet, it accomplishes at least the first objective.

But both are stymied by Branaghs continued operatic misjudgments.

Unfortunately, its just stomach turning from the laughter it induces.

But that righteous fury in Lilys cold veins might also prove to be commendable in such an unrighteous world.

This article was irst published on June 1, 2015.