Frankenstein is now playing in select theaters for a limited run before its global Netflix premiere November 7, and the streamer has announced that tickets are officially on sale with the release of a new poster spotlighting Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as The Creature.
In addition, Film Crave has shared a new behind-the-scenes photo featurng director Guillermo del Toro alongside Elordi in full make-up as the tragic "Monster." Though we have seen several glimpses of the Saltburn star as Frankenstein's creation in the various trailers, this gives us our best look yet at the character design.
“To me, [the message] is to reconnect emotionally to the idea of the power of forgiveness and acceptance — which is absolutely … a very scarce material right now,” del Toro explained in a recent interview with Variety. “It’s not a blockbuster — a preconceived notion. It’s not a franchise. It’s something that it speaks very directly and autobiographically, unfortunately to me and many in the past.”
Del Toro recently announced that he will screen the movie in IMAX followed by a Q&A at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on October 31. For the day that's in it, guests are encouraged to dress as their favorite character from del Toro's filmography.
Though the initial response to Frankenstein was somewhat mixed, full reviews have definitely leaned more on the positive side, and the movie is now officially certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 82%.
Check out the new poster and BTS still below, along with a recently-released clip.
Frankenstein centers on a brilliant but egotistical scientist (Oscar Isaac) who brings a creature (Elordi) to life in an experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
“This film concludes a quest that started at age 7, when I saw James Whale’s Frankenstein films for the first time. I felt the jolt of recognition in that seminal moment: Gothic horror became my church, and Boris Karloff my Messiah,” del Toro said in a statement when the project was first announced.