The Bride is a 1985 film directed by Franc Roddam starring Sting, Jessica Beals, and Anthony Higgins as Frankenstein, Eva, and Viktor (Frankenstein's Monster) respectively. This film adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is only loosely based on the original story and focuses more on Eva than Frankenstein or Viktor, Frankenstein's monster. The movie was a box office failure and has generally poor reviews. In this version, Frankenstein is pressured by the monster to create a female mate to ease his loneliness and isolation. The monster becomes anxious about the creation of the woman and destroys the lab, killing Frankenstein's assistants and leading Frankenstein to believe that he has also passed away. Eva, a recently deceased woman reanimated by Frankenstein, becomes Frankenstein's protege and is introduced to high society, while Viktor, the monster, joins a circus in Hungary. Overall, the plot deviates greatly from the 1818 text and is only loosely inspired by the novel. Additionally, Eva is a beautiful woman with no physical or behavioral indications that she was recently reanimated. Viktor, on the other hand, appears to have a deformed, leathery face and a large and imposing stature. Viktor's appearance bears no resemblance to the monster described in the 1818 text.