Overview
- Now available worldwide on Netflix since November 7 following its Venice debut and an October 17 limited theatrical release.
- Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the adaptation stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature.
- Elordi’s transformation relied on practical effects: roughly 10-hour makeup sessions using 42 prosthetic pieces, with about 90 minutes for removal, led by prosthetics head Mike Hill.
- Del Toro’s design embeds a subtle tribute to Boris Karloff via a small right-wrist scar and draws visual inspiration from Bernie Wrightson’s illustrations.
- The film frames the story through distinct perspectives for Victor and the Creature, with a chaptered structure and voice work developed during near-chronological shooting.