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Zach Galifianakis leads cast of Mel Brooks reboot Very Young Frankenstein

The ‘Hangover’ star will be joined by Dolly Wells, Kumail Nanjiani and Cary Elwes

The Independent UK

The 21 Best Science-Fiction Books to Read in 2025, From Genre Classics to New Bestsellers

We rounded up the best of the genre, from classics by George Orwell and Octavia E. Butler to recent bestsellers.

Marie Claire

‘I Took That Really Seriously.’ Jacob Elordi Reveals The Note Frankenstein’s Guillermo Del Toro Gave Him About Having To Undergo Hours Of Makeup

Becoming the monster was more than just makeup for Jacob Elordi.

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90 Years Later, An Iconic Horror Sequel Is Getting A Much-Needed Reboot

Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' will be a radical reboot of the Frankenstein legend.

Inverse

Frankenstein 2025 Review: Visual Splendor Meets Critic Divide—Metacritic Scores Mostly Positive

Frankenstein 2025 earns a 13-minute ovation at Venice as critics split on Guillermo del Toro's Netflix epic. Metacritic scores stay generally favourable.

International Business Times UK

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein Has Premiered, And The Reactions To The Long-Developing Passion Project Are Very Mixed

Mixed takes appear following the premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

Cinemablend

‘Frankenstein’ Review: The Most Iconic Sci-Fi Horror Story Ever Gets An Indulgent New Adaptation

Guillermo del Toro gives us sympathy for the monster in a beautiful, indulgent, and often labored, adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic sci-fi horror story.

Inverse

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Frankenstein review – Guillermo del Toro reanimates a classic as a monstrously beautiful melodrama

Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi star as the freethinking anatomist and his creature as Mary Shelley’s story is reimagined with bombast in the director’s unmistakable visual style

The Guardian - UK

Frankenstein review: "A classy, if somewhat safe, adaptation"

Total Film

Mexican Director and Producer Guillermo Del Toro Admitted to Feel Sad His Frankenstein Adventure is Finished

Oscar-winning Mexican director Guillermo del Toro premieres his big-budget "Frankenstein" at the Venice Film Festival, starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, exploring humanity, obsession, and vengeance in a Gothic spectacle.

Latin Times

Director Del Toro Reluctant To Leave His "Frankenstein" Behind

Oscar-winning Mexican director Guillermo del Toro has birthed a monster with his new big-budget "Frankenstein" movie and joked Saturday that the effort had left him worn out ahead of the world premiere in Venice.

International Business Times

From Frankenstein to Putin, monsters are stalking the Venice film festival

Artistic director says monsters are ‘fil rouge’ this year, as Guillermo del Toro unveils his vision of Shelley’s classic

The Guardian - UK

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein dreams are alive

“Frankenstein” may be the culmination of Guillermo del Toro’s artistic life

The Independent UK

10 Sci-Fi Books With Terrifying Viruses and Plagues

Wash your hands after reading.

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TechRadar

Netflix confirms November release for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein –here's how I plan on watching it sooner

Director Guillermo del Toro's hotly anticipated adaptation of Frankenstein finally gets a confirmed release date, but you can watch it a month before it drops on Netflix.

The Mary Sue

Thank God they’re actually giving ‘Frankenstein’ a theatrical release

So we get to spend the spooky season with Dr. Victor Frankenstein and a new Guillermo del Toro film and that's special to me.

The Mary Sue

The 10 Best Sci-Fi Books With Mad Scientists

Behold my mad magnum opus, this list!

Tom’s Guide

Netflix drops new look at 'Frankenstein' — and it teases a deliciously dark and haunting journey

Netflix has just dropped a fresh batch of haunting new images for “Frankenstein,” offering another glimpse of Guillermo del Toro’s dark reimagining.

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Evening Standard

Frankenstein goes old school? Jacob Elordi channels Boris Karloff

Early pictures from Guillermo del Toro’s forthcoming Frankenstein for Netflix suggest new levels of creepiness helped by a throwback to the original horrors

The Conversation

Virgin by Lorde is a layered work of performance art – her smartest references explained

With her latest album, Virgin, Lorde is stretching the concept of the virgin beyond the common definition. Some may consider the album’s title and its cover art – an X-ray of Lorde’s pelvis showing an IUD – to be contradictory.

The Independent UK

Mel Brooks, 99, set to bring Young Frankenstein back to life in new TV reboot

Brooks has several reboots and sequels in the works as he approaches his 99th birthday

The Independent UK

Netflix’s Frankenstein might be the most urgent and timely blockbuster of 2025

INSIDE FILM: Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of a 200-year-old book has uncanny relevance to our present day. And it’s a film that the acclaimed director of ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Hellboy’ has been rehearsing for his entire career, writes Xan Brooks

Inverse

15 Years Ago, the Oldest Sci-Fi Show Perfected a Winning Formula

How does historical TV travel drama actually work? Here's when 'Doctor Who' created a classic with "Vincent and the Doctor."

The Mary Sue

Ah yes, as we thought: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ is going to be HOT hot

Hubba hubba, Doctor Frankenstein.

Inverse

94 Years Later, The Original Sci-Fi Horror Story Is Getting The Movie It Deserves

Guillermo del Toro unveils the 'Frankenstein' adaptation that horror fans have long deserved.

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