<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $397,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $2 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Bride of Frankenstein (advertised as The Bride of Frankenstein) is a 1935 American science - fiction horror film, the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 hit Frankenstein . It is considered one of the few sequels to a great film that is even better than the original film on which it is based . As with the first film, Bride of Frankenstein was directed by James Whale and stars Boris Karloff as The Monster . The sequel features Elsa Lanchester in the dual role of Mary Shelley and the Monster's mate at the end of the film . Colin Clive reprises his role as Henry Frankenstein, and Ernest Thesiger plays the role of Doctor Septimus Pretorius . </P> <P> The movie starts as an immediate sequel to the events that concluded the earlier film, and is rooted in a subplot of the original Mary Shelley novel, Frankenstein (1818). In the film, a chastened Henry Frankenstein abandons his plans to create life, only to be tempted and finally coerced by his old mentor Dr. Pretorius, along with threats from the Monster, into constructing a mate for the Monster . </P>

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