Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has finally made his "Frankenstein," a movie he's been trying to make since he could pick up a camera (and almost did with a false start in 2008 ).

"The Modern Prometheus" changed del Toro's life by teaching him to love monsters. His "Frankenstein" revises the book to merge his affection for Mary Shelley's novel and the James Whale "Frankenstein" films. But there's another story that guides del Toro's love for "Frankenstein" — "The Spirit of the Beehive," a 1973 Spanish film directed by Víctor Erice. In an interview about "The Spirit of the Beehive" with the Criterion Collection , del Toro called it "one of [his] top three films of all time."

"Whatever I do in life, two shadows are cast upon my own," del Toro proclaimed. "One is James Whale's 'Frankens

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