Del Toro's "Frankenstein" Trailer

 

If you hang around this site, you may know I have an affinity for Frankenstein, which is usually associated with the original novel, and definitely the Universal monster films.  More recently, I've also been shown the Hammer Frankenstein films which feature Cushing as the mad doctor, and I've taken a shine to them for their weird perversity.  But I'll also check out other films, comics, whatever - from time to time if the good doctor or the monster is involved.  This includes the take in DCSU's Creature Commandos.  

But, yes, we're always curious when a new movie is in the offing.

Guillermo Del Toro is as good a choice as I could ask for in regards to the material.  That Universal let this movie happen and it isn't coming from them is sort of a shock.  But I can appreciate that Netflix is willing to do something that looks so close to the novel, where I suspect Universal would want to get back to ol' flathead and maintain their brand.  Especially as they just opened a whole amusement park around the idea (which looks amazing, by the way).

Anyway - I can tell nothing.  This is basically the first chapter or three of a very long book, with a few glimpses of SOP Frankenstein tucked in.  But that's okay. Oscar Issac is a personal favorite of mine, so I'm happy with that casting, and I think Mia Goth is Elizabeth, so that's good.

So, this Fall - for Halloween I was already planning to blitz the Hammer Frankenstein movies, which are weird and unsettling in their own way - and I can include this and just make it a Franky-fest.