Overview

• Del Toro presented the Asian premiere of Frankenstein at the Busan International Film Festival, showing a special IMAX cut to a rapid sellout crowd.
• At a BIFF press conference, he praised Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook for culturally specific genre work that blends the poetic with the grotesque.
• He framed the film as a story about forgiveness and imperfection, calling monsters “patron saints of imperfection” in a polarized era.
• He expressed interest in Korea’s monster tradition after receiving an Encyclopedia of Korean Monsters and said he would like to support or produce local projects once he learns more.
• The Netflix-backed feature, starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz, is a long-gestating personal project that he described as deeply autobiographical.