Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" emphasizes themes of forgiveness over vengeance.

As a kid, Guillermo del Toro drew pictures of the creature from Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”; as a young filmmaker, he dreamed of making his own version of the tale that had been spawning classic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. In 2022, del Toro, along with fellow director Mark Gustafson, finally realized his lifelong ...

Guillermo del Toro has made several monster movies of a particular bent — soulful, swoony, feverish films about grotesque-looking creatures who prove themselves more deeply human than the humans who ...

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The flayed, bloody flesh, screeching soundtrack, Gothic sets, and elegantly flapping costumes are all on brand for the visionary director. In the 200 years since Mary Shelley first realized her ...

Oscar Isaac’s Doctor Frankenstein says a funny thing in the final trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. “I had not considered what comes after creation.” A ludicrous statement considering ...

It’s aaalive, but not in the ways you might think. Sewing together a career’s worth of limbs, intestines and dismembered body parts from his previous films, taking fleshy bits from former pictures and ...

IndieWire Honors: Creature Design & Character Prosthetics FX Creator Mike Hill and actor Jacob Elordi celebrate each other's mad, soulful genius in crafting a version of Frankenstein's Monster for the ...