Guillermo del Toro and Jacob Elordi on Why ‘Frankenstein’ Feels Autobiographical

Guillermo del Toro first read Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” when he was 11, which was three years after he started making movies with his father’s Super 8 camera. The book and the passion for filmmaking have been mainstays in his life ever since, culminating in a long-delayed but inevitable rendezvous in his new movie “Frankenstein.” The film mixes Shelley’s original with imagery inspired by James Whale’s iconic 1930s movies “Frankenstein” and “The Bride of Frankenstein,” along with personal touches...