‘Frankenstein’ by Guillermo del Toro Wows Film Festival

GUILLERMO DEL TORO LIFE PASSION PROJECT Frankenstein He shook life on Saturday night in Italy, where Netflix’s film received a world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. When it ended, already measured the credits, the festival hearing responded with a 14 -minute foot ovation that made the filmmaker and his main star Jacob Elordi cry.

The veteran author and horror teacher joined his cast Elordi, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer and composer Alexandre Decat for the matter of the red carpet, held inside the big room in the lido. The senior streamer executives, including Ted Sarandos and Dan Lin, also appeared to show their support along with the former Netflix film chief, Scot Stuber, who produced the film. It turned out to be a starry night in the theater, since other guests included Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kaitlyn Dever, Jesse Williams, Jessica Williams, Sofia Carson and more.

FrankensteinAn adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic history by Victor Frankenstein, focuses on a brilliant but selfish scientist (Isaac) that gives life to a creature (Elordi) in an experiment that finally leads to the undoing of creation and its tragic creation. “This film concludes a mission that began at age 7, when I saw James Whale’s Frankenstein Movies for the first time. I felt the shaking of recognition at that time seminal: Gothic horror became my church, and Boris Karloff my messiah, ”said Del Toro in a director’s statement.

Frankenstein You will receive a limited theatrical release on October 17, and a Global Netflix arch on November 7. The 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival takes place from August 27 to September 27. 6.