{"id":26481,"date":"2017-10-02T01:33:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T05:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=26481"},"modified":"2017-10-01T22:49:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T02:49:09","slug":"bride-of-frankie-2017-horrible-imaginings-film-festival-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/02\/bride-of-frankie-2017-horrible-imaginings-film-festival-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Bride of Frankie (2017) [Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>While the Doctor is away, his assistant will play.\u00a0 As the mad-scientist is out, his not-so-mad assistant works on getting his creation a friend.\u00a0 As the friend comes to life, the assistant teaches her how to live and how to love.<\/p>\n

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Writer\/director Devi Snively takes a well-known tale and gives it a new spin with these new characters who are sweet to watch evolve and learn about the world and themselves.\u00a0 This monster story is more self-discovery than fear-inducing scare, but it works oh so well.\u00a0 The film takes these characters and makes them human and full of emotions while also more subtle than usual for these types of beings.\u00a0 The story is one that is sweet with a slight feminist edge considering the quote at the start; it\u2019s also one that shows so much love and heart that it makes the viewer want a longer version of it.\u00a0 The characters created here are touching and loveable while also intriguing.<\/p>\n

The cast here is what makes it work so well as their chemistry is just right and their performances are adorably sweet without being overly sweet.\u00a0 The chemistry between Rachel Sledd and Jessica Ridenour is palpable and their performances so that they have a good grasp on how to properly show care through their acting.\u00a0 Playing the male monster for who the bride is meant, Mark Lancaster has a sweetness to his performance while also being quite charmingly clumsy.\u00a0 His performance brings in an extra layer to the story.\u00a0 Bringing in some fun is Sarah Jane Murray as a ballerina fairy with a whole lot of attitude.\u00a0 Her performance brings in giggles and a bit of lightness.<\/p>\n

The film looks stunning with cinematography by Claire Bruce.\u00a0 The way things are shot give the film an old Hammeresque look with a slight modern twist.\u00a0 It\u2019s perfectly black and white, giving the film an ethereal feel while it also gives it a classical look, both working great with the story and how it\u2019s told.\u00a0 The images are careful, planned, and perfectly toned.<\/p>\n

Bride of Frankie is a tale of love, consent, and woe.\u00a0 It\u2019s classical yet truly modern.\u00a0 It gives the Bride of Frankenstein an update while keeping it in the past.\u00a0 It uses something that would have been shocking back then but is not now to bring forth a story with important themes and points.\u00a0 Yes, it\u2019s an LGBT story, but it\u2019s also a universal story with its central themes and how they are developed.\u00a0 It\u2019s already a masterpiece of love and horror which the feature version coming soon should have no problem building upon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While the Doctor is away, his assistant will play.\u00a0 As the mad-scientist is out, his not-so-mad assistant works on getting his creation a friend.\u00a0 As the friend comes to life, the assistant teaches her how to live and how to love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[64,219,302,349,477,501,1401,906,938],"class_list":["post-26481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween-horror-month","category-movie-reviews","tag-adaptation","tag-comedy","tag-drama","tag-fantasy","tag-horror","tag-indie-film","tag-lgbt","tag-science-fiction","tag-short-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26484,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26481\/revisions\/26484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}