Maggie Gyllenhaal’s long-awaited second film, “The Bride!” was released in theaters worldwide March 6. With the award season buzz surrounding Guillermo Del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” which released Oct. 17, and other remakes of classic monster films like Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” performing quite well a few years ago, Gyllenhaal’s remake of “The Bride of Frankenstein” feels like it was released at the perfect time.

Since Mary Shelley released her novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” in 1818, the tale has received hundreds of adaptations, spanning from film to television to plays.

As long as cinema has been around, horror has been a staple genre. Horror has a uniquely strong ability to cause audiences to examine their fears.