Frankenstein (2025)
Guillermo del Toro’s version, told first by Victor and then by the creature, on a ship in the Arctic.
Keep the novel’s frame and its two narrators, and make it a story about a father and the son he rejected.
You want the recent one: long, lavish, and on the creature's side by the end.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the ship in the ice, Victor’s account, then the creature’s, including the blind man who teaches him to read and speak.
Changes: the people around Victor. Elizabeth is engaged to his brother William, an arms dealer funds the work, and the two of them reconcile before the end.
Whose story is it?
Victor’s first, then the creature’s.
How much time does it ask?
150 minutes. Oscar Isaac as Victor, Jacob Elordi as the creature, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz.
Released on Netflix on 7 November 2025. Criterion’s disc edition adds del Toro’s longer Reborn Cut.
Where to find it
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Criterion) — Amazon
Other ways to get it: Stream it — Netflix · The Criterion edition, with the longer Reborn Cut · Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
Common questions
Where can I watch Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein?
It streams on Netflix, where it was released on 7 November 2025. The Criterion Collection sells it on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD, with a longer cut called the Reborn Cut.
More Frankensteins: Frankenstein (1910) · Frankenstein (1931) · Bride of Frankenstein (1935)