Frankenstein: How Close Is Guillermo del Toro's Film to Shelley's Book?

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Guillermo del Toro ‘s “ Frankenstein ,” now streaming on Netflix.

Guillermo del Toro has often said that Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel “Frankenstein” is like his Bible. Now, he’s brought his vision to life with the release of his own film adaptation on Netflix, starring Oscar Isaac as mad genius Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature.

Of course, Shelley’s story is one of the most adapted tales of all time, spurring classic monster flicks like James Whale’s 1931 movie — in which the Creature was portrayed as it’s perhaps best known, a green-hued monster with a flat head and bolts in its neck — as well as more faithful retellings of the original text like Kenneth Branagh’s 1994 take “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.”

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