By skyforbes 
The trailer opens in a creepy CGI gothic tower with shades of dark green and grey as thunder and lightning strike.
You hear the voiceover of the monster (Jacob Elordi), “My maker told his tale….”
Thunder crashed again, and a blinding lightning flash illuminated the castle: a damp, disheveled Viktor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) was tightly embracing the creature in mummy form.
“And I….will tell mine!”
You see the monster tied as if crucified. LIGHTNING strikes the roof. Blinding lights cover the castle. The lightning spreads all over the monster while Viktor ducked down and covered his face.
I like this because there have been countless Frankenstein adaptations through the decades. On IMDB alone, I found 50 movies. However, this is told from the POV of the monster. It’s not the first time. It had been done before. But in 2025, this feels like a ‘fresh’ take. They also have a hot, young up-and-coming superstar in Jacob Elordi to play the monster.
Back to the trailer.
You see Viktor holding a lamp and choosing corpses in a morgue.
The narration continues, “I remember…pieces…”. Cool shot upon saying ‘pieces’ as you see Viktor placing an eyeball in a skull.
“…memories of different men.”
The monster has no memory of who he was as a human. He remembers ‘pieces.’ He just woke up one day as a miserable monster, with wobbly stitched-up body parts, not knowing the full picture of his past.
You see a winter-ravaged town. It looks kinda like Game of Thrones. A horse is frozen along with dead bodies everywhere. The carcasses of destroyed frozen carriages were scattered around. Holy sh**. Did the monster do all this?
“Then I saw it….your name…”
You get another cool scene. They haven’t shown the face of the monster. To cover his face, he held up an old picture of a woman. Is that his wife….daughter….when he was still human?
“…..Viktor Frankenstein!”
You then see Oscar Isaac with long hair. Lightning lit his face.
Elizabeth (Mia Goth), clad in a white dress, entered the room. Victor and she clung to one another, their gazes locked in a moment of pure devotion.
“My creator,” the narration continues, “I demand a single grace from you.”
The next part is a series of cool scenes to show you how great the movie is:
*Frankenstein threw a match to the ground. BLAZE!. His entire castle burns down.
*A knight with a winged armor took off his headgear, revealing a skull? I think? As the fire blazes in his background.
“If you are not to award me love…”
*Viktor is flirting with Elizabeth at a luxury banquet.
*Christoph Waltz in a lab wearing a green suit with spectacles, looking suspicious as f***.
*Viktor and Elizabeth are dancing the cotillion at the banquet. There’s a lot of green in the movie. In the dance, Elizabeth wore a green dress and Viktor wore a very dark green suit.
“…then I will indulge…in RAGE!”
*A dozen soldiers shot at the monster. But he’s like bulletproof. He then pushed a ship stuck in the frozen sea. Oh f***. I think he can topple the ship.
“AAAAARRRRRGGGH!” Viktor’s eyes are now white. He gave guttural ROAR! There’s blood all over his face. Did he turn into a monster, too? You then see him throw a man into a glass cabinet, SHARDS of BROKEN GLASS explode into pieces.
*Elizabeth stepped out of a green carriage (I told you there’s a lot of green). She looked up to see the burning castle….or lab…or cathedral….or whatever it is that Viktor burned earlier.
The Screen Turned Black
When it comes back, Viktor is now fully bearded. He knelt on the snow, shivering, not because of the cold, but because the monster stood before him. The monster lit up a grenade and said, “Now….RUN!”
What Does The Monster Want?
LOVE. He just wants love.
“If you are not to award me love…”
“…then I will indulge…in RAGE!”
Maybe Frankenstein is a metaphor for irresponsible fatherhood and neglecting your child. In the original novel, Viktor stitched up organs and body parts of dead people to create ‘Life.’ But when his creation came to life, he was IMMEDIATELY HORRIFIED. He ABANDONED the creature who then wandered around, but was REJECTED and SHUNNED by the townsfolk because of his appearance.
It’s a sad tragedy. The MONSTER just wants LOVE.
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