Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein was among the big winners at the British Film Designers Guild 2026 Production Design Awards. Frankenstein won Best Production Design – Major Motion Picture, Period,

Christian Bale, who played Frankenstein’s monster in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” gave a humble response when asked about the comparison between his take on the character and Jacob Elordi‘s portrayal of the tragic figure in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.

A look at the Rotten Tomatoes score of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride and how it compares with Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and other modern takes on Mary Shelley’s classic

Long before Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein was surprising fans, Robert De Niro played The Monster in an overlooked '90s take on the classic story.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Frankenstein’s monster has been portrayed in at least 187 films. His bride? Fewer than 20, most of them forgettable. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” means to change that, casting the ascendant Jessie Buckley in the title role.

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” imagines an empowered mate for the monster. We look back at other memorable cinematic versions.

The Bride! marks her first foray into large-scale studio filmmaking after the critical success of The Lost Daughter. And while navigating notes about vomit-licking Frankensteins and audience sensitivities might sound chaotic, Gyllenhaal insists the process was challenging in a productive way.

Frankenstein's monster, the Wolf Man, Dracula, and more of the classic Universal monsters are coming to TV in a new Netflix show from Scream 7 writer/director Kevin Williamson which he describes as an "adult Vampire Diaries."