"'That wasn't the end at all,' Mary Shelley informs Byron. 'Would you like to hear what really happened?' This sequel to Frankenstein surpasses its original-with a new dark comedy which still makes it seem very modern-and hardly needs her justification. The Bride of Frankenstein is well-known television fare, but we've no apologies for bringing out this print for a theatrical showing, where the full dark beauties of an almost operatic Art-Deco-science can really be savored. 'But this isn't science! It's more like black magic!' shrieks Dr. Frankenstein, who is blackmailed into reviving his monster and fashioning a mate for it by his former mentor, the Nietzschean Dr. Praetorious (Ernest Thesiger, in a manic performance that steals the show). Colin Clive and Boris Karloff (as Frankenstein and his creation) return from the original, supported by Elsa Lanchester (as both Mary Shelley and 'the bride') whose hair alone has become a cultural icon. This is Universal's Germanic studio style at its absolute zenith." Scott Simmon