Guillermo del Toro ’s Frankenstein is finally out on Netflix . Which means, spoiler – though the Hallowe’en season is officially over, we still get to see his Gothic fever dream play out on the small screen.

Frankenstein, of course, is an adaptation of a book that’s been around a very long time: since 1818, in fact, when author Mary Shelley first published the tome she called ‘The Modern Prometheus’.

In that version of the tale, the action takes place in Switzerland, and Frankenstein himself is most definitely not as sympathetic as Oscar Isaac plays him here.

The story has changed with each retelling – most notably, Frankenstein and his monster are often referred to interchangeably, and often by the same name – but still, how similar is this new adaptation to the 200 year old s

See Full Page