Netflix's 'Frankenstein' Trailer Takes Full Advantage of Jacob Elordi

Netflix subscribers who didn't pay close attention to the entertainment landscape were probably startled to be bombarded over the final weekend of May 2025 with ads for TUDUM. The horrendously named PR marketing event* primarily serves as a way to circumvent professional critics who cover television, hoping that taking their message straight to the 8-17 year old crowd will hide how much dreck the streaming service produces during its "quantity over quality" phase. Don't feel bad if you did not watch; indeed, the event was utterly unwatchable. However, it did include the first look at the forthcoming remake of Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro.

(*It is also supposed to put Netflix on equal footing with Disney in showing how much the streaming service does not need third-party events like San Diego Comic Con. However, unlike Disney's D23, TUDUM only serves to remind all and sundry just how f*cking hard doing an event like this is and how good the House of Mouse is at making it look easy.)

The British classic horror story by Mary Shelley has been adapted into movies since the original 1931 version, starring Boris Karloff. There are more than 50 films that are either remakes, spinoffs, sequels, reboots, reimaginings, or revivals of the story, and that's not counting the parodies or the TV series. Unsurprisingly, del Toro is going fully old-school in his fantasy period-set film, and even better, other than his lead, everyone in it is from the U.K. or Austria.