Frankenstein: Every Major Way Guillermo Del Toro Changes The Book

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Spoilers for "Frankenstein" follow .

Readers of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" know the pop culture image of Frankenstein and his Monster is not especially faithful to Shelley's novel. The Creature, as played by Boris Karloff in Frank Whale's famous 1931 film adaptation, was growling, slow, and childlike, not the eloquent tragic villain who Shelley wrote.

When Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" was announced in 2023 , I expected a close adaptation of the novel. After all, del Toro is a devotee of Shelley, and how could he resist the temptation to finally adapt "Frankenstein" correctly? I was right and wrong. Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" has the novel's broad structure, but the details within