Del Toro’s Frankenstein, AI and the West’s “Religious Moment”
Guillermo del Toro’s film adaptation of ‘Frankenstein’ succeeds by sticking to the original novel’s metaphysical concerns, even as it audaciously revises a number of key plot points. By simultaneously reaching back to the West’s religious past and forward into a future impacted by artificial intelligence, Del Toro manages to be both faithful to – and to transcend – Mary Shelley’s famed horror novel.