Escape into the gothic world of Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Frankenstein that came out on Netflix in the fall of 2025 with Stephanie and returning guest Pileigh Shahinian who requested to discuss this film on the podcast!

Del Toro takes a new approach to Mary Shelley's novel that creates an ongoing conversation with the original source text. Check out the film before the Oscars as it is up for NINE awards. Listen to Stephanie and Pileigh discuss their predictions on what the movie will win, consider if the film is too long, and debate the Netflix vs. theaters new "trend"; plus talk about the film. Buckle up for some gore and two English teachers really putting on their analytical brains and nerding out.

References:

Netflix's Frankenstein (2025)

Guillermo del Toro

Pileigh's Poetry Collection is available now: Nostalgia Itches Like a Bug Bite--Buy it on Barnes and Noble.com and Amazon!

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Alexandre Desplat (score)

Oscars: March 15, 2026

Regency Rumors YT video: "Is Frankenstein Proof Netflix is Dumbing Down its Content?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5stEKE-tmf4

Oscar Issac

The Nativity Story (2006)

The Promise (2016)

Moon knight

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (Broadway)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

Frankenweenie

Young Frankenstein

The Great Gatsby

Jacob Elordi

Adaptation: Frankenstein vs. Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights (2026)

Percy Jackson TV series (Disney+)

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