What better filmmaker than Guillermo del Toro to adapt Mary Shelly’s horror classic Frankenstein? The fantasy director has repeatedly shown great compassion for monsters and creatures with films like his Oscar masterpiece Shape of Water, which basically makes him perfect for the tragic horror story.
A first picture of the Frankenstein film 2025 on Netflix is to be published, now reaches us via Vanity Fair and shows both Dr. Frankenstein and his creature in the opulently equipped horror laboratory:
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What we know so far about Frankenstein by fantasy genius Guillermo del Toro
The new adaptation of the horror literary classic is also about Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Dune star Oscar Isaac), who sets out to resurrect the dead using science. In doing so, he creates a creature (Euphoria star Jacob Elordi) that many only see as a monster that must be destroyed.
Other roles include Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Lars Mikkelsen and David Bradley and Charles Dance, known from Game of Thrones.
Guillermo del Toro revealed the following about his project to Empire in 2009:
What I’m trying to do is take the myth and do something with it, but combine elements of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein without making it just a classic myth of the monster. In my opinion, the best moments of the Frankenstein novel have not yet been made into a film.
Mary Shelley’s Horror classic published in 1818 and has not only been made into a film countless times, according to Wikipedia, Frankenstein’s monster has even been interpreted 187 times in various forms. Notable adaptations include the universal classic Frankenstein with Boris Karloff and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with Robert De Niro as the monster.
When will Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein be released in cinemas?
So far, the Frankenstein film release date is only set for 2025. If you want to see a reinterpreted horror classic beforehand, you can go to Nosferatu by Robert Eggers from January 2nd, 2025.