Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth in “Frankenstein.”
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Netflix celebrated Halloween with the release of the final trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on Friday, which contains several new shots of Jacob Elordi’s creature.
The official logline for the film reads, “Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature (Jacob Elordi) to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.”
Rated R, Frankenstein also stars Mia Goth as Elizabeth Harlander and Christoph Waltz as Elizabeth’s uncle Heinrich Harlander, who funds Victor’s experiments. Felix Kammerer also stars as Victor’s younger brother, William, who is also Elizabeth’s fiancé.
The first trailer for Frankenstein told the story from Victor’s point of view and the second trailer from the creature’s point of view. The final trailer released on Friday is a combination of both.
While the new trailer for Frankenstein contains a lot of previously unseen footage, without question, the most notable of the shots are more detailed looks at the creature. In the two previous trailers, the creature was mostly concealed, but in the new trailer, the character’s scarred face and body — albeit in shadowy camera shots — are shown.
You can view the final Frankenstein trailer below.
When Will ‘Frankenstein’ Debut On Netflix?
Directed by Guillermo del Toro — who also adapted the screenplay from Mary Shelley’s classic novel — Frankenstein was released in New York and Los Angeles on Oct. 17 before expanding to theaters nationwide on Oct. 24.
The film will play in theaters for at least one more week before it makes its streaming debut on Netflix on Nov. 7.
The release of Frankenstein by Netflix comes three years after the release of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which earned the filmmaker and his co-director Mark Gustafson an Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
In many ways, del Toro said in a recent Zoom conversation, Pinocchio and Frankenstein are companion films.
“They’re kind of the same myth. I’ve always said, ‘I’m going to shoot Pinocchio like Frankenstein and Frankenstein like Pinocchio.’ My version of Frankenstein has elements of fairy tales, and my Pinocchio has some elements of horror, so I think they are very related,” del Toro explained.
“They’re ultimately about different fathers sending an inadequate, strange kid into the world, which every misfit and every Monster Kid can relate to, he added. “They are very much sister or sibling movies.”
The release of Frankenstein in theaters qualifies the film for the 2025 movie awards season, which includes the Oscars and several other industry organizations, as well as honors from press outlets.