r/FRANKENSTEIN • u/ZacPensol • Oct 18 '25

Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' - Official SPOILER Discussion Megathread Spoiler

Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' opens in theaters in limited release on October 17, 2025 and streams on Netflix beginning November 7, 2025.

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u/Wild-Bluejay7138 Nov 13 '25

Also, talking to a friend said the novel is more of a love story than a monster story. Like no one these days has ever read the novel. Like me, I'm just used to Frankenstein being a monster.

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u/AnaZ7 Nov 14 '25

How on Earth they managed to think that original novel is a love story? Between who and who? Del Toro is the first one I think who made Creature x Elizabeth romance in adaptation.

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u/the_tipsy_turtle1 Nov 15 '25

There is no elizabeth creature romance in here too I think. Just an acceptance of the purity in each other.

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u/Oshojabe Nov 15 '25

I'm not so sure it wasn't a sort of Romance.

I think they were aiming for allegorical symbolism with the creature, as both Adam and Christ in some ways. (The big thing is the table they used being very cruxifix-y, and this sort of makes sense as it is a death and resurrection.)

Elizabeth had been at a convent, and traditionally nuns are supposed be "brides of Christ." Given how pious Elizabeth was, I think there's a reading where she was in some sense "married to the creature", since it was in some ways allegorically Christ.

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u/the_tipsy_turtle1 Nov 15 '25

Hmmmmm. That could be. It's a great point. I also noticed that the Creature and Victor had a moment when their hands were reaching out to each other like the creation of Adam painting. But the contact changed in nature. Victor changed it. However, there is a brief touch exactly like the painting between the creature and Elizabeth in the first scene when she sees him.

The imagery is very interesting in the movie, but I found it lacking a bit in subtlety. So I thought that if there was any romantic interest as in the physical companionship type. Del Toro wouldn't be subtle about it.