Ever since I started drawing the creature in the late ’70s and early ’80s, I knew I didn’t want symmetric scars and I didn’t want sutures or clamps,” del Toro said to Variety. “What I thought was very interesting was to make him like a jigsaw puzzle.

Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited Frankenstein is almost here. Netflix is giving the $120M movie one of its biggest theatrical releases yet, which explores themes of family and humanity.

Theatrical and Netflix streaming release dates for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein have been announced. Frankenstein is a forthcoming science fiction film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro.