Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of October 26th – Guillermo del Toro Brings ‘Frankenstein’ to Life on Criterion

Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, the most recent Guillermo del Toro film is joining the Criterion Collection as Frankenstein gets this special treatment (my review of the movie from the Telluride Film Festival is here). This week also features some horror themed 4K re-releases, which is quite appropriate since we’re approaching Halloween, as well as a fascinating documentary about the making of Megalopolis in Megadoc. What else might be hitting shelves? Find out below…

Joey’s Top Pick

Frankenstein (Criterion)

From The Criterion Collection: “Guillermo del Toro’s spellbinding take on one of the most enduring of all modern myths, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, imbues the classic tale with new depths of humanity while pushing it toward dazzling heights of gothic grandeur. Shifting between the perspectives of the brilliant but callous Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) and the creature (Jacob Elordi) he fashions from flesh and then cruelly mistreats, del Toro movingly reframes the legend as a story of fathers and sons struggling to break free from cycles of trauma. A decades-in-the-making triumph of darkly ravishing visual invention and operatic storytelling, and the winner of multiple Oscars, Frankenstein is a deeply personal statement from a director who has long been drawn to the realm where men and monsters merge.”

Also Available This Week

Diabolic

Duplicity (4K)

The Frighteners (4K)

Hellraiser: Tetralogy (4K)

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (4K SteelBook)

Maverick: The Complete Series (TV)

Megadoc

Rad (4K)

Skincare

Teen Titans: The Complete Series (TV)

Criterion Corner

*As a reminder, Frankenstein is out on Criterion today and is our top pick for the week*

Stay tuned for more next week…