FRANKENSTEIN V FRANKENSTEIN
WITH TWO TAKES ON MARY SHELLEY’S SEMINAL NOVEL ON THE WAY, EMPIRE ASKS: WHICH VICTOR WILL BE THE VICTOR?
WORDS JORDAN KING
ROUND ONE: MONSTER MADNESS
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S FRANKENSTEIN
Inspired by Bernie Wrightson’s illustrations, del Toro’s monster — played by Saltburn’s Jacob Elordi — will be less ‘neck bolts and platform boots’, more book-accurate bulging musculature and lustrous black locks. And with Elordi 6’ 5” tall, this Creature will have the height advantage.