Frankenstein

Rollen som Frankenstein spilles av Oscar Isaac, og en nesten ugjenkjennelig Jacob Elordi spiller monsteret.

This film concludes a quest that started at age seven, 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. Mary Shelley’s masterpiece is rife with questions that burn brightly in my soul: existential, tender, savage, doomed questions that only a young mind allows and only adults and institutions believe they can answer. For me, however, monsters alone hold the answer to all mysteries. They are the mystery. So Frankenstein is a blessed enterprise moved by reverence and love for both mystery and monsters. The Grandfather of them all — a tale of a lost son and a prodigal father — Lazarus and Job in dialogue with a single creator and seeking all answers. Just like we all do.

-Guillermo del Toro i sin Director's statement for filmen da den hadde premiere på filmfestivalen i Venezia.