Day 5 of TIFF 2025 reviews: Frankenstein, Eternity, and Normal.
Day 5 of TIFF 2025 reviews: Frankenstein, Eternity, and Normal.
by Andrew WebsterSep 9, 2025, 12:00 PM UTCAndrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.
Frankenstein is one of those stories that’s been retold countless times. And yet, Guillermo del Toro has managed to make a version that not only feels true to Mary Shelley’s original, but is also imbued with the trademarks the director is known for.
Maybe that shouldn’t be too
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