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Universal revisits the Bride of Frankenstein's disastrous first meeting

Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff's laboratory scene joins ten new uploads spanning classic monsters and modern slashers.

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The Bride of Frankenstein | Frankenstein’s Monster Blows Up the Laboratory After the Bride's Created

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0:01Henry Frankenstein and Dr. Pretorius prepare a shrouded body in a storm-battered tower laboratory.
1:13The operating table rises through the ceiling as the scientists harness the storm's electrical power.
5:13The Bride opens her eyes, then stands as the scientists unwrap her.
6:42The Monster enters and tentatively approaches the newly awakened Bride.
8:14The confrontation reaches the laboratory's destruction lever; the scene's outcome follows.

The Bride opens her eyes, stands upright and receives a formal introduction from Dr. Pretorius. Then the Monster approaches with a tentative question: "Friend?" Universal Pictures' most-watched new upload returns to the terrible gap between what he hopes for and how she responds.

The extended scene from James Whale's The Bride of Frankenstein has reached roughly 23,000 views. Colin Clive's Henry Frankenstein and Ernest Thesiger's Pretorius harness a storm to bring Elsa Lanchester's creature to life, before Boris Karloff gives the laboratory spectacle its wounded center. Viewers are discussing how little screen time the Bride needs to become an enduring character. Others have a more practical question: why install a lever capable of destroying the whole tower?

Universal also posted a Short drawn from the climax. Elsewhere in its ten-upload week, the studio paired Michael Myers' nighttime rampage in Halloween Kills with a horror-villain compilation featuring films including Ma, Bride of Chucky and M3GAN. The Halloween Kills excerpt is already close to the Bride scene's total and is currently drawing views much faster.

The larger flow of viewing belongs to trailers released earlier in the month. River remains the channel's busiest video, followed by Mike Flanagan's The Exorcist: Martyrs, starring Scarlett Johansson as a detective pulled back into a case she thought was finished.

Overall, Universal collected about 13 million views this week while its subscriber count stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is running well below its usual level. Among nearby studio channels, Warner Bros. is having a particularly busy spell, while Pixar is closer to its normal daily audience. Universal's fresh uploads, meanwhile, give its oldest monsters room alongside the newer masked threats.

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What viewers say

Amazing how iconic the Bride is, considering she has very limited screen time
@Omar-wq9dzSee it on YouTube
They had a self-destruct lever for no reason.
@HBarnillSee it on YouTube
I like the music 🎼 by Franz Waxman.
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One thing I never understood was, why the lever to destroy the entire tower? What could this possibly serve?
@RippypooSee it on YouTube
Such amazing, wonderful old films....the classic universal horror! love them! ❤
@edwardjcurtis85See it on YouTube
I absolutely love this film. I own it. But that must be some wind up there because those kites look like they're made out of plywood.
@RippypooSee it on YouTube
ABSOLUTELY love this Movie. It was FRANKENtastic.
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