Director: Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro brings his long-gestating vision of Mary Shelley's novel to the screen in 2025, casting Oscar Isaac as the driven scientist and Jacob Elordi as the being he creates.
What is Frankenstein about?
Victor Frankenstein has spent years chasing a single obsession: defeating death itself. Working in secrecy, he stitches together a new form of life from the remains of the dead, convinced that his creation will prove him a visionary rather than a madman. What emerges instead is a being of immense strength and aching intelligence, cast out before it ever has the chance to understand itself. As the creature wanders into a world that recoils from its appearance, the story shifts between the two men's perspectives, tracing how a father's arrogance and a son's abandonment can curdle into tragedy. Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, and Charles Dance round out a story that treats its horror elements as a backdrop for something closer to grief.
Cast & crew
Oscar Isaac plays Victor with a mix of brilliance and cruelty that keeps the character from ever becoming a simple villain. Jacob Elordi's creature communicates as much through posture and silence as dialogue, a physical performance that anchors the film's emotional weight. Christoph Waltz and Mia Goth fill out key supporting roles, while veteran actor Charles Dance and David Bradley add gravity to the smaller corners of the cast.
Context & significance
Del Toro has described this project as a decades-long ambition, and the production reflects that patience: practical creature effects, hand-built sets, and a visual style closer to gothic painting than modern blockbuster horror. The film leans on Shelley's original themes of creation and responsibility rather than jump scares.
Where & how to watch
Frankenstein streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available, alongside a Farsi-language interface built for viewers watching from outside Iran. A free K-Time account is all that's needed to start watching; the film's page itself is open to read without signing in.