Spoilers follow.

Those who were fans of Mary Shelley's 1818 gothic sci-fi novel "Frankenstein" may be surprised by how much the new Guillermo del Toro movie switches things up. Dr. Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) now has the backstory of having an abusive father. It also softens up the Creature (played this time around by Jacob Elordi), and ends on a surprisingly wholesome note of forgiveness between the two main characters. Guillermo del Toro's take on "Frankenstein" is a lot like Stanley Kubrick's take on "The Shining," in that if you're a purist for the book you're probably not going to love it.

But while del Toro may not have stayed true to the literal text of "Frankenstein," he did stay true to the book's autobiographical roots. As he stated in a post-movie Q&A at the Toronto Internat

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