Have you ever trekked through the Arctic tundra in search of your shitty dad who made you out of corpses? No? Well, either way, Emma and Chloe have the episode for you! Listen in on their discussion about Guillermo del Toro’s 2025 adaptation of the Mary Shelley classic Frankenstein for hot takes about giving Victor a tragic backstory, Jacob Elordi actually being a pretty good Creature, and just how Catholic this adaptation really is. Special thank you to Riley Hopkins for helping to edit this episode.
Content warnings for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein include: death of a child, death of a loved one, death of a parent, false criminal accusations, a bunch of mental breakdowns, and bringing the dead back to life (he won’t tell you how, though).
Content warnings for Frankenstein (2025) include: death of a parent, death of a loved one, wolves mauling an old man, death of animals, physical abuse, psychological abuse, and bringing the dead back to life (like, really in detail he will tell you every bit of it).
The articles and interviews Emma references in this episode can be found here:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guillermo-del-toro-on-frankenstein-and-remaking-a-monster/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/books/review/the-book-review-guillermo-del-toro.html?
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The music for this show was composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com
