Netflix’s highly anticipated 2025 release has just thrown a curveball into its premiere on the streaming giant.
The latest rendition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, directed by the renowned Guillermo del Toro, was initially set to debut on Netflix on Friday, 7th November.
Featuring Jacob Elordi as the infamous monster, the Oscar-winning director has gathered an all-star cast that includes Oscar Isaac portraying Victor Frankenstein, the scientist who breathes life into the unimaginable.
The star-studded line-up also boasts Mia Goth as Frankenstein’s betrothed Elizabeth Lavenza, alongside Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, Lauren Collins, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Charles Dance and Ralph Ineson.
Netflix has announced that the film will now hit select cinemas on Friday, 17th October.
This means that horror buffs can immerse themselves in the spine-chilling classic just in time for Halloween.
For those holding out for the film’s streaming debut, they’ll have to bide their time until after the spooky season has concluded.
Alongside this announcement, Netflix has also unveiled some captivating new posters for del Toro’s latest masterpiece.
The key artwork showcases Isaac and Elordi as the scientist and his creation from the back.
Frankenstein is depicted in his deserted laboratory, complete with peculiar green pylons and a foreboding pit in the floor.
His creation, meanwhile, is seen draped in rags and furs, standing in a frozen wasteland with an old-fashioned galleon in the distance.
The film’s synopsis reads: “A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.”
Del Toro, who has previously cited Frankenstein as his favourite book, spoke about adapting the story, saying: “The most important figure from English legacy is, incredibly, for me, a teenager by the name of Mary Shelley, and she has remained a figure as important in my life as if she were family.
“And so many times when I want to give up, when I think about giving up, when people tell me that dreaming of the movies and the stories I dream are impossible, I think of her.”
Frankenstein will be released in select cinemas on 17th October and Netflix on 7th November.
