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Why Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Actually Understands the Novel (Patreon)

Published:
2025-12-21 06:07:16
Imported:
2026-11

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TL;DR: You are allowed to dislike Frankenstein, but if you imply that my good Tio Guillermo doesn’t understand the source material, I will fight you in the streets.

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Sources & Recommended Reading

Oscar Isaac on creating Frankenstein's doctor — and giving him a 'rock star' quality (exclusive) | https://ew.com/oscar-isaac-frankenstein-doctor-victor-rock-star-exclusive-11801021

Guillermo del Toro on the Frankenstein scene he had to argue for, and how Jacob Elordi found the Creature's voice | https://ew.com/frankenstein-guillermo-del-toro-oscar-isaac-jacob-elordi-interview-find-voices-argue-end-scene-11845420

Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley | https://bookshop.org/p/books/romantic-outlaws-the-extraordinary-lives-of-mary-wollstonecraft-mary-shelley-charlotte-gordon/3e6a79a59736d1f7?ean=9780812980479&next=t

Mary Shelley: A Very Short Introduction | https://bookshop.org/p/books/mary-shelley-a-very-short-introduction-charlotte-gordon/79b26196d0d89350?ean=9780198869191&next=t

Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus | https://bookshop.org/p/books/frankenstein-or-the-modern-prometheus-mary-shelley/1f7f7e6654286ae5?ean=9780307743312&next=t

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og.monstr

Calling out discoursers who think Mary's story is more nuanced that it actually is, thats just SO satisfying. 🙂

Cindy at Out Think Media

I have never felt more aligned with someone than when you said "It's not just me! Read the academic articles!"

KalaL

An absolutely great video as always!! Guillermo del Toro is just one of those film artists who just gets it. The process is everything to him to almost an obsessive degree and I resonate with that. 💜

Poppy

When credits rolled on Del Toro's Frankenstein, I felt energized to write. I loved it so much! I was excited by the changes he made, and felt like he was looking Around the original text to build his own vision. For folks who are thinking about rereading Frankenstein right now, I recommend The New Annotated Frankenstein, edited by Leslie Klinger. It has an intro from Del Toro as well as a lot of juicy biographical information and direct comparisons between all of the editions of the books. I often wonder if movie-haters remember the 1831 edition, which was heavily edited to be a morality tale after decades of criticism.

Daelf Derechef

hi, i was super looking forward to listening to this video, but i need subtitles and these are uh… let's go with "confusing". please proofread your video subtitles and correct them as needed! automated subs are better than nothing, but *only when they are clearly indicated as such*. thanks in advance. EDIT: as i keep going, i think there's possibly a problem with how the subtitles are displayed, so maybe not in the text itself. bits of previous text stay on long after it's stopped being relevant. sometimes text seems to not even stay long enough to be read. problem is, in my current state, i can't relisten/rewatch to get what the problem is exactly :] as i always say on these comments: *i am not even deaf*. so i notice *what* the problem is, and i'm confused, but the enjoyment of the video is not usually impossible, only delayed… but the problem remains: the video is not accessible :/ (also there's the issue of 'hey patreon, thanks for making subtitles possible, but can we get *text size* options!?' and as usual: when the subtitles problems become a real obstacle, that's when i don't have the spoons to calmly explain to the creator what the problem is. especially since, as i discovered when i reached out to a creator on nebula, i have no idea what part of that are the problems inherent to the platform itself :( ) MOAR EDIT: it's definitely not just display. here's an extract: > stops and the creature savs he will be with Victor on his wedding night. Now for > And he's not the only one who's haunted by the idea of having to pay more child support … that second line is not in the spoken text anywhere near that time :/ later: (the little girl not floating" … and "he throws her egg" (instead of "in" :| ) plz correct? (i'm so very weary, sorry, can't really polish the request and comments, but i do appreciate what you do! i wouldn't be here otherwise ^^° )

Aaron Lopez

The discourse around Frankenstein, reminds me of the Lolita discourse. How some people can't see Humbert Humbert as the villain is beyond me. The same way people don't see Victor abandoning his child as bad.

Joey

Hey! I appreciate the feedback. I learnt how to better do subtitles so hopefully the YouTube cut of this video and future videos (both on Patreon and YouTube) should have better subtitles.