Award-winning director Guillermo Del Toro's ambitious adaptation of Frankenstein , based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, is now streaming on Netflix .

The Netflix film had a limited cinema release from October 17, 2025, and has already received glowing reviews from both critics and viewers.

A cornerstone of gothic literature, Frankenstein is widely regarded as the first science fiction novel ever written. It follows the tale of an egotistical inventor who assembles a new being from body parts taken from multiple corpses.

The official synopsis for the 2025 Frankenstein states: "A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation."

The film features an impressive ens

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