42 h. ago Where was Frankenstein filmed? Here are all of the Scottish filming locations for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein

Guillermo del Toro’s film follows in the footsteps of Mary Shelley herself, with much of it filmed in Scotland.

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47 h. ago Frankenstein Scottish filming locations in full including famous landmarks

Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo Del Toro, is available to stream now on Netflix - and the film was largely shot across Scotland.

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48 h. ago Frankenstein cast in full including who Jacob Elordi plays in Netflix movie

Netflix's new movie Frankenstein, which is directed by Guillermo Del Toro and stars Jacob Elordi, is now available to stream on the platform.

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63 h. ago The 5 extraordinary London museums that inspired Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’

The 5 extraordinary London museums that inspired Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’  Time Out

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2 d. ago Frankenstein review – Guillermo del Toro’s elegant adaptation is all show and little substance

Jacob Elordi is a very sympathetic monster in this visually stunning but thematically lacking film, which co-stars Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth

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4 d. ago Guillermo del Toro scouted Wallace Monument as inspiration for Frankenstein

His new adaption of Mary Shelly’s famous novel features several Scottish locations.

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5 d. ago Guillermo del Toro and his cast on his very intimate new Frankenstein: ‘This is autobiographical for me’

The Oscar-winning filmmaker behind ‘The Shape of Water’ spent decades attempting to bring Mary Shelley’s masterpiece to the screen. As it arrives on Netflix, he, as well as his stars Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, speak to Clarisse Loughrey about its long gestation, its surprise easter eggs, and its very Freudian subtext

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on a bumper crop of horror: scary times call for even scarier films | Editorial

A new wave of socially engaged movies is storming the box office and changing how we think about the genreIt should surprise no one to learn that 2025 is being hailed as a golden year for horror films. All horror movies are a reflection of their time, and ours are pretty scary.Tech dystopianism means that Frankenstein’s monster has become a byword for AI, while Bram Stoker’s Dracula has always drawn on a dark strain of English xenophobia. So it is no coincidence that these 19th-century gothic villains, stars of the earliest horror films in the 1920s and 30s, are back in cinemas with new adaptations from directors Guillermo del Toro and Luc Besson. Maggie Gyllenhaal is bringing out another Frankenstein, The Bride!, next year.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Shock therapy: why scary movies keep evolving – and making money

With Hollywood favouring franchise fare, horror films have become the last bastion of inventive film-making, producing a new generation of auteurs in the processFright club: eight film-makers who are redefining modern horrorEvery week at my local multiplex, there is a new horror film. If it’s not a reboot (I Know What You Did Last Summer) or sequel (Final Destination Bloodlines), it’s a prequel (The First Omen; A Quiet Place: Day One), the return of a beloved gothic icon (Luc Besson’s Dracula: A Love Tale; Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein), or a slasher movie (Dangerous Animals) in which the psycho killer’s weapon of choice is not blades, but sharks. Or it’s a thrilling, deliriously inventive dispatch from one of a new wave of horror auteurs shaking up the cinematic zeitgeist: Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, say, or Zach Cregger’s Weapons.By playing with metaphor, imagery and narrative, horror has always addressed hard truths about death, decay and the human condition that mainstream produ...

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3 w. ago Here's when Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein will be in cinemas and where in Scotland you can watch it

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein will be in cinemas from Friday, October 24, with just 12 in Scotland showing the film.

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3 w. ago Everything we know about Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein adaptation

From when it’s on Netflix to where it was filmed, here’s everything we know about Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.

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3 w. ago Frankenstein review: Guillermo del Toro's gory and goofy Edinburgh

Frankenstein is by turns gory and goofy, writes Alistair Harkness

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3 w. ago A team of artisans brings Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ to life

In “Frankenstein,” metaphors are hard to resist

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