Overview

• Del Toro premiered his long‑pursued adaptation in competition at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, drawing major red‑carpet attention from the cast.
• Oscar Isaac plays Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi portrays the Creature after replacing Andrew Garfield, and Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz appear in key roles.
• Early reactions split between praise for a large‑scale, empathetic spectacle and criticism that the film feels unfocused or uneven.
• Del Toro characterizes the film as a melodrama about love, forgiveness and accepting imperfection, rejecting a horror‑first approach.
• The Netflix‑backed film is reported to open in theaters in October before streaming on the platform in November.