Guillermo del Toro brought his long-imagined adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, with Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, to a gala at the BFI London Film Festival.
Guillermo del Toro, who holds three Academy Awards, gave Frankenstein its UK premiere at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank on Monday 13 October 2025. Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth joined him.
Del Toro was born in Guadalajara in 1964 and has spent his career between fairy tale, the gothic and horror. His films run from Pan’s Labyrinth to The Shape of Water and Pinocchio.
Frankenstein was a project he had long imagined. It began at Universal, was shelved, and was revived by Netflix in 2023. Its design draws on Bernie Wrightson’s illustrated edition of Mary Shelley’s novel.
The screening was a gala of the BFI London Film Festival, after the film opened at Venice in August. It reached Netflix on 7 November.
Isaac plays Victor Frankenstein. Elordi, born in Brisbane in 1997 and known from Euphoria and Saltburn, plays the Creature, a role that brought him an Academy Award nomination.
Goth and Christoph Waltz are in support, and Charles Dance and Felix Kammerer also walked the carpet.