Some stories never die, they just wait. Buried deep in the dark, they linger until someone brave, or perhaps reckless enough, dares to unearth them. Now, after years of whispers and promises, Guillermo del Toro has finally pulled the sheet back on Frankenstein. The first full trailer has arrived, and it’s as haunting, tragic, and mesmerizing as we’d hoped.

Oscar Isaac steps into the shoes of Dr. Victor Frankenstein, not the hammer-wielding, neck-bolt kind of tale we’ve seen before, but something far more chilling. Here, the terror isn’t stitched together in some lab, it’s in the silence after creation. It’s in the abandonment. It’s in the look of Jacob Elordi’s creature, a figure of sorrow as much as rage, a being who has been denied love and now promises wrath in its place.

Del Toro’s vision leans closer to Mary Shelley’s original nightmare than many past adaptations. This is no lumbering Universal monster; it is something raw, articulate, and deeply human. And yet, it remains horrifying: not because it is unnatural, but because it reflects the darkest corners of our own nature.

Netflix’s official synopsis reminds us: this is a tale of hubris, love twisted into obsession, and creation that spirals into ruin. But the trailer itself suggests more: a story drenched in gothic beauty, painted in shadow and flame, carried by performances that feel destined to scar the imagination for years to come.

After decades of development, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein will awaken in select theaters on October 17 before stalking onto Netflix on November 7. And if the trailer is any indication, this won’t just be another retelling, it will be a resurrection.

Dare to watch the trailer below!