We are now less than one month away from the release of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, which first comes to select theaters October 17, with the Netflix premiere to follow on November 7, 2025. Netflix promises the brand new final trailer will release tomorrow, October 1, and in the meantime they’ve released a new official poster this morning.
What makes this particular poster notable is that it gives us our first real clear look at Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) as Frankenstein’s Monster, with this depiction of the iconic creature clearly taking more inspiration from Mary Shelley’s original novel than the 1931 film adaptation.
Check out the poster below and come on back tomorrow for the final trailer.
Oscar Isaac (Dune) also stars as mad scientist Victor Frankenstein, with Mia Goth (MaXXXine) as Elizabeth Lavenza, and Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) as Dr. Pretorius.
The film follows brilliant but egotistical scientist Victor Frankenstein, who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
Meagan Navarro writes in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “It’s the abundance of empathy that both del Toro and Elordi’s soulful performance extends the Creature that breathes life into Frankenstein. Elordi, buried under nearly unrecognizable prosthetics and a creature design reminiscent of the marbled vampires from del Toro’s Cronos or Blade II, turns in a career-defining performance that transforms Frankenstein from a dour, drawn-out retelling to a deeply affecting gothic opera.”
“The Creature has always been pitiable and tragic, but that only grows more pronounced to a deeply poignant degree through Elordi’s portrayal, much of it conveyed through the depth of emotion in his eyes,” Meagan continues. “Also helping ensure that the Creature emerges as the film’s ultimate figure of empathy is del Toro’s choice to trim out some of the Creature’s thornier story beats and mistakes.”
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