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Why Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Is the Most Romantic Monster Movie Ever Made
At its core, Frankenstein is a deeply romantic film—though the romance it explores is often tainted by, if not rooted in, toxicity, trauma, and cycles of abuse. Across its two-hour-and-twenty-nine-minute runtime, nearly every dynamic is poisoned by ambition, cruelty, or generational damage: from Victor and Herr Harlander’s scientific avarice to three generations of Frankensteins caught in a repeating loop of emotional and physical trauma to the Creature and Elizabeth, two im

Moons
Nov 15, 2025


Frankenstein 2025 Review: Guillermo Del Toro Crafts a Gorgeous Monster with a Beating Heart
Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025) has arrived, and it’s every bit the grand, gothic spectacle you’d expect from the filmmaker behind Pan’s Labyrinth and The Shape of Water . This is not another soulless horror remake chasing nostalgia. It’s a visually stunning and emotionally charged reimagining of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece that asks the same eternal question it did over two centuries ago — who is the real monster? With a powerhouse cast and Del Toro’s signature tou

Je-Ree
Nov 8, 2025
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