Frankenstein Movie Review – del Toro’s Gothic Masterpiece Reborn
In 2025, legendary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro delivers a long-awaited adaptation of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus — and the result is a haunting, atmospheric retelling that balances horror, tragedy, and dark beauty. With a star cast including Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, plus a richly gothic visual design and a faithful emotional core, this version of Frankenstein stakes a serious claim among the great monster movies of modern cinema. Plot & Premise (Spoiler-Lite) Set in a Victorian-era world, the film follows Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant but tortured scientist obsessed with defeating death. Through forbidden experiments, he succeeds in reanimating a being assembled from corpses — the Creature (Jacob Elordi). But the act of playing God comes at a terrible price: the Creature, initially innocent and curious, becomes the victim of cruelty and abandonment, sparking a chain of tragedy and existential horror. The narrative explores not just ...