Del Toro's Frankenstein trailer and poster, Oct 17, Netflix Nov 7

Netflix and director Guillermo del Toro have released new promotional material for their long-gestating adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, unveiling a full trailer and a striking poster that give the first sustained look at Jacob Elordi as the Creature. The film will open in select theaters on October 17 and stream on Netflix beginning November 7.

The poster and trailer emphasize del Toro’s distinctive reimagining of the monster: Elordi appears wrapped in furs, his face a patchwork of stitched skin with exposed musculature and a hand showing tendons. The trailer provides further context for the Creature’s origins on screen, showing Victor Frankenstein at work among cadavers and offering moments that mix gothic tableaux, snowy landscapes, and intense physical action that highlight the Creature’s strength. Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, and Christian Convery are among the principal cast members.

Del Toro, who wrote and directed the film, has described his design choices for the Creature as intentionally rejecting conventional symmetry. "I wanted him to look beautiful, like a newborn thing," he has said,...