Overview

• Guillermo del Toro premiered his long-gestating adaptation at the Venice Film Festival with Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature.
• The screening prompted a reported 14–15 minute standing ovation, with del Toro and Elordi visibly emotional.
• Critics’ reactions range from enthusiastic to reserved, with early aggregator scores in the high 70s on Rotten Tomatoes.
• Del Toro emphasized a humanist reading over tech allegory, saying the film is not an AI metaphor, and highlighted practical sets and classical craft on a roughly $120 million production.
• Netflix will give the film a limited theatrical release on Oct. 17 ahead of a global streaming debut on Nov. 7, with the title competing for Venice’s Golden Lion.