“The Bride” quotes

(1985)
Movie The Bride
Title The Bride
Year 1985
Director Franc Roddam
Genre Sci-Fi, Romance, Horror, Fantasy
Plot – Baron von Frankenstein has given life to a dead body and now with other human remains he has created a female monster, called Eva. When she sees his first creature, she's terrified and the monster is upset, so he flees away. In the woods, he meets Rinaldo, a cute and smart dwarf who proposes the monster to work in a circus to make money. In the meantime, Frankenstein educates Eva, while in the circus the monster performs as a 'clown' and keeps thinking of Eva. Rinaldo is killed by an envious colleague and the monster kills him in turn, the creature is then chased and returns to Frankenstein's castle, where he finally conquers Eva.
All actors – Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown, David Rappaport, Geraldine Page, Alexei Sayle, Phil Daniels, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Quentin Crisp, Cary Elwes, Timothy Spall
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  • “The trouble with free women Charles, is they're free to despise us. It's a risk I find unacceptable.”
    Anthony Higgins - Clerval
    [Tag:freedom, women]
  • “I created your body, just as I created your mind. And I can uncreate it too.”

    Sting - Dr. Frankenstein
  • “- Eva: You taught me out of books, but I have a life of my own. You didn't create me! You didn't create me!
    - Dr. Frankenstein: As a matter of fact... I did.”

    Jennifer Beals - Eva
    Sting - Dr. Frankenstein
    [Tag:books, creation]
  • “You're a man to be reckoned with in my books... you're a man of virtue.”

    David Rappaport - Rinaldo
    [Tag:men, virtue]
  • “You can do what you like! You can take apart the body you put together, you can take away the life you gave me, but you cannot have me. Not ever. Not even if you murder me and raise me up a thousand thousand times, you cannot have me.”

    Jennifer Beals - Eva
    [Tag:independence]
  • “A woman should do as she pleases, just like a man.”
    Jennifer Beals - Eva
    [Tag:men, wishes, women]
  • “- Eva: What is 'dead'?
    - Dr. Frankenstein: Sleeping... sleeping forever. One day we go to sleep and we don't wake up.
    - Eva: I don't think I could sleep that long.”

    Jennifer Beals - Eva
    Sting - Dr. Frankenstein
    [Tag:death, sleeping]
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