He is a man with a tale to tell of how he got there: starting at the very beginning with a childhood overshadowed by an evil father (Charles Dance) and a grief that drives an ambition to conquer death itself. Funded by Herr Harlander (Christoph Waltz) for his own ends, combined with the blasts of a passing lightning storm, Victor creates his fabled monster (Jacob Elordi).

Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro (‘The Shape of Water, ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’) adapts Mary Shelley's classic tale about a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.