Bride of the Monster

Although the film is known as Bride of the Monster, the original and a more descriptive title was Bride of the Atom. This title referred to the horrors of the thirties from the Universal (namely, to the image of James Whale the bride of Frankenstein) and at the same time has accentuated the contemporary interest in the genre of modern science and atomic energy in particular. The theme of the mad scientist hidden in an abandoned mansion gives remember not only the Whaleovu the frankenstein series, but for example also on the film serial The Phantom Creeps, in which blouznivého dr. Alex York portrayed by a representative of the obsessive scientist in the Woodově the work of Béla Lugosi. Energy used to drive the pomatencovy experiments in Atomic bride, however, is not frankensteinovský flash or zorkovský meteorite, but just the atom. Wood a tribute to the old horrors is not so essential, humanistic message as his defence of cross-dressing Glen or Glenda. His plot construction and style are also quite traditional, even if the image contains a few shots taken from the magazine documents, whose links with studio scenes based technique of discontinuous assembly characteristic for his crowning opus Plan 9 from outer space. It is essential, however, Lugosi expressive creations, which was to become his last ever big acting opportunities. By his side stands a wrestler Tor Johnson, whose emotional performance in the role of vědcova devotee servants Lobo presages especially since the eighties of the popular tradition of heartfelt acting of the outputs of movie stars emerged from the ranks of bodybuilders and professional wrestlers.