Frankenstein

“The first time I walked into his personal recording studio, the first thing I noticed was a huge print of ‘Bride of Frankenstein,’ our 1935 classic, hanging on the wall.

It was a very much more sweet story, rather than this one, which is much more macabre, sort of inspired by Frankenstein, zombie movies.

Elordi takes over the telling of his tale, often running counter to the presentational grandiosity that a new “Frankenstein” would seem to require.

The film is split into three parts - a prelude, followed by two versions of events told from the points of view of both Frankenstein and his creation.

There is perhaps no one better to capture the equal romance and tragedy of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” than Guillermo Del Toro, who has demonstrated his strength in both genres time and again.