Frankenstein is the 992nd adaptation featuring the monster from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. It is probably the 6th that hews closer to the source novel than the 1931 Universal film adaptation. This 2025 adaptation is directed, produced, and based on a screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, best known for The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth, and Pinocchio (no not the soulless one released the same year from Zemeckis and Disney). In this film we follow Oscar Isaac as Baron Victor Frankenstein who creates life in the form of The Creature, played by Jacob Elordi. Felix Kammerer is William Frankenstein, Victor's younger brother, and Ti West muse Mia Goth plays Lady Elizabeth Harlander, William's fiance. Christoph Waltz supports as Henrich Harlander, Elizabeth's uncle. We also have Lars Mikkelsen as Captain Anderson, David Bradley as the blind man, Charles Dance as Victor's father, Ralph Ineson as Professor Krempe, and Burn Gorman as the executioner.

Time Stamps:

• (01:11 ) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1973)
• (17:19 ) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh, 1994)
• (32:27 ) Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025)
• (1:15:59 ) Spoilers
• (1:49:55 ) Next Time: Die My Love (Lynne Ramsay, 2025)

Works Cited:

• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Charles Barton, 1948)
• Bloodborne (FromSoftware, 2015)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, 1992)
• Crimson Peak (Guillermo del Toro, 2015)
• Death is the Curator: An Interview with Guillermo del Toro (Lauren Wilford, 2017)
• Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931)
• Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025)
• Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (Mary Shelley, 1818)
• The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Peter Jackson, 2012-2014)
• Inside ROCKY HORROR by Scott Miller
• Lisa Frankenstein (Zelda Williams, 2024)
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh, 1994)
• Peter Pan Live! (NBC, 2014)
• Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, 2025)
• Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023)
• "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" (Adam Shankman, 2010)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1973)
• The Sound of Music Live! (NBC, 2013)
• TRHPS Official Fan Site: History: Production Notes (1975)
• Not I (Samuel Beckett, 1972)

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