The Bride of Brackenloch! A Ghastly Gothic Thriller?
by Rick Abbot

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90 mins 19th Century Interior Set Period Costumes Comedy

Synopsis

In this cheerily goofy spoof of all those gothic novels where the heroine is brought to the ancient manor by her handsome, brooding groom, new bride Daphne is brought to Brackenloch the day after her husband, Jabez Thorngall, lost his first bride to the family curse: any bride at Brackenloch Manor is doomed to die on her wedding day.

At the bottom of the bracken-fringed Scottish loch which gives the manor its name lurks “Bracky,” who is not a monster to take lightly.

The murder of Jabez’s father six years earlier remains unsolved, and family disappearances create further mysteries.

Suspicion and danger are omnipresent, and audiences love every minute of this thriller.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Daphne Dixon his sweet young innocent unsuspecting bride	male	—	his sweet young innocent unsuspecting bride
Comfort Grody Jabez's former fiancee, a houseguest	—	—	Jabez's former fiancee, a houseguest
Glynis Prescott Jabez's "widowed" sister	female	—	Jabez's "widowed" sister
Lady Alicia Goddard Jabez's maternal aunt	—	—	Jabez's maternal aunt
Mavis Beaufort chatelaine of adjoining estate	—	—	chatelaine of adjoining estate
Janet Magleesh housekeeper at Brackenloch	—	—	housekeeper at Brackenloch
Manor Fanella a timorous housemaid	—	—	a timorous housemaid
Mrs. Mousely the family's longtime cook	—	—	the family's longtime cook
Wilbur Yardley a chief inspector of the Glasgow Police Force	—	—	a chief inspector of the Glasgow Police Force
Andrew Machanford the gardiner/handyman	—	—	the gardiner/handyman
Jabez Thorngall moody young Lord of Brackenloch Manor	—	—	moody young Lord of Brackenloch Manor