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A story so iconic and so mythologized as Mary Shelley’s 1818 horror novel Frankenstein invites frequent reinterpretation. So, perhaps, it was only a matter of time before legendary director (and monster connoisseur) Guillermo del Toro gave the story his signature spin. The long-awaited result is 2025’s Frankenstein , starring Oscar Isaac as the titular Prometheus and Jacob Elordi as his unloved Creature.

The film first debuted at the Venice Film Festival this summer, and within moments of the credits rolling, early audiences began voicing their opinions as to whether or not del Toro had sufficiently captured the masterwork that is Sh

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