Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, and Jacob Elordi bring new life to Mary Shelley’s classic in Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited adaptation.

The most iconic and popular of the studio’s monster movies, Whale’s film forever defined how people interpret and color the Frankenstein tale going forward, and led to direct parodies (“Young Frankenstein,

In all, Elordi’s full body prosthetics used 42 pieces, with 14 pieces on his head and neck. Explaining the design concept and how Victor Frankenstein pieced The Creature together, Hill says, “On the whole, you choose the best body you could find. It just happened to be Jacob Elordi’s body.”

Del Toro is under no illusions about the compromises filmmakers accept to get their work produced in a post-streaming world. Frankenstein marks his third collaboration with Netflix, and it’s one he doesn’t take for granted — especially after years of struggling elsewhere to tell his stories on his terms.

“I was rather skeptical,” Young said, when the opportunity to work on Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation came up. His only reference point was the 1931 adaptation with its green block-head and jutting screw necks, (while del Toro’s actual vision was a marblesque gothic saga with crimson capes and streaming pre-Raphaelite hair).

Good Fortune (Aziz Ansari, Lionsgate, R), and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (R; in theaters now, on Netflix Nov. 7).

Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited adaptation of Frankenstein is nearing release, with Netflix unveiling new character posters highlighting its main cast. The gothic reimagining will open in select theaters on October 17 before arriving globally on Netflix on November 7,

You will not be able to stream Frankenstein on Prime Video free with a Prime subscription, nor will you be able to buy or rent the new Frankenstein movie on digital platforms, because it is a Netflix original movie, and will soon be streaming exclusively on Netflix. The only way to watch Frankenstein online will be with a Netflix subscription.