Frankenstein Trailer: Guillermo Del Toro's Epic Adaptation Tells Story From POV Of Jacob Elordi's Monster - Watch

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Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is a epic retelling of Mary Shelley's creature horror story. And in del Toro's version, the tale is mostly told through the monster created by Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac). The director's follow up to Shape of Water (2017) is told in a grand scale with much of the visual flairs being practical effects. Take a look at the big reveal of Jacob Elordi as the Creature in Frankenstein below!

Frankenstein trailer teases Jacob Elordi's monster

The official account of the film posted on X, "There are two sides to every story. FRANKENSTEIN, a film by Guillermo del Toro, starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Christoph Waltz, is coming to select theaters October 17 and on Netflix November 7." The trailer opens as Elordi's Creature states, "My maker told his tale. And I will tell you mine."

Earlier the teaser had focused on Oscar Isaac’s Victor Frankenstein; the full trailer shows the Creature who awakens with memories of the men he was made of. In del Toro's film, the Crimean War plays a big role as Victor uses the bodies of the fallen soldiers to make the Creature. The latter has a bone to pick with his creator as he warns him, "If you are not to award me love, then I will indulge in rage." ALSO READ: Guillermo Del Toro Says His Film Frankenstein Is Not A Warning About AI: I'm Afraid Of Natural StupidityThe ensemble cast of Frankenstein also includes Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Charles Dance, Christoph Waltz, and Lauren Collins. Del Toro has written this story of "a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation."