The Bride is a loose remake of the 1935 horror classic The Bride of Frankenstein. Sting plays the Colin Clive part, an obsessive scientist who wants to create a bride for his stitched-together creature (Clancy Brown). A few lightning bolts and unwrapped bandages later, out pops Jennifer Beals. Sting is so entranced by his synthetic sweetie that he claims her for himself, much to Brown's dismay. Destroying the lab and escaping into the outside world, Brown is befriended by enterprising dwarf David Rappaport. Together, monster and dwarf become top circus attractions, but before long Brown again crosses the path of Beals.