For Guillermo del Toro, the master of beautiful macabre and haunting cinematic fairytales, Frankenstein isn’t just his latest movie. It’s the culmination of a life’s work.
The Oscar-winning director of classics like The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy and The Shape of Water, makes no secret of the fact that Mary Shelley’s creation has been a huge influence on his art since the beginning – from 1992’s Cronos to 2022’s Pinocchio.
