Overview

• Del Toro says the film centers on pain, regret and forgiveness, a focus shaped by conversations about his father's 1998 kidnapping.
• The movie premiered at Venice, played surprise Telluride screenings, and is now showing at the Toronto International Film Festival.
• He scrapped an earlier two-movie concept and fused the doctor and creature perspectives into one film built around a pivotal midstory hinge.
• Oscar Isaac portrays Victor Frankenstein opposite Jacob Elordi’s prosthetics-driven Creature, with Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz in supporting roles.
• Early reception is mixed, reflected in an 81% Rotten Tomatoes score, as Netflix positions the film for awards consideration.