Overview

• Guillermo del Toro, Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac and the ensemble walked the red carpet at the BFI London Film Festival U.K. premiere.
• Netflix unveiled five character posters spotlighting Victor Frankenstein, The Creature, Elizabeth Harlander, Heinrich Harlander and William Frankenstein.
• Aggregated reception skews favorable, with a reported 81% Rotten Tomatoes score based on 96 reviews and critiques noting the film’s length and maximalist style.
• Reviewers widely praise Jacob Elordi’s turn as The Creature, with his transformation described as a daily 10-hour process using 42 prosthetic pieces.
• The film carries an R rating for “bloody violence and grisly images,” runs about 149–150 minutes, opens in select theaters Oct. 17 and streams globally on Netflix Nov. 7, with an Oct. 31 IMAX screening and Q&A in Los Angeles.