Oscar Isaac’s Frankenstein brings his first creation to life in a haunting new clip from Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation

Netflix has released a new clip Guillermo del Toroit is imminent Frankensteinand it’s as creepy and charming as you’d expect. The clip was introduced by Oscar Isaac during his recent appearance on Tonight’s show with Jimmy Fallongiving audiences their first real glimpse of Victor Frankenstein’s early reanimation experiments.

The scene shows Victor revealing his “Proto-Creature” to a skeptical group of colleagues. The experiment is a grotesque assemblage of a head, a torso and an arm, and manages to catch a ball thrown his way, before letting it fall lifeless to the floor.

It’s a chilling moment that perfectly captures the film’s blend of tragic humanity and disturbing science, a hallmark of del Toro’s style.

In a recent conversation with Backstage.com, Isaac talked about the emotional themes that drive the story and his collaboration with del Toro.

“Early on, we talked a lot about our fathers and how grief is transmitted,” Isaac explained. “[The conversation] he was always emotionally connected to the fact that everything was a reaction and investigation of the world one is born into.

He went on to add: “[Del Toro and I] we talked a lot about wanting to challenge our fathers, nature, the future and death. The challenge to death is great. THE ‘[frick] it’s an attitude, the will to destroy because you can’t sit in pain or fear of being seen, of actually being seen. You would rather self-immolate.”

That raw, emotional challenge seems to be at the heart of Frankensteinwhich tells the story of a brilliant but proud scientist who brings a creature (Giacobbe Elordi) to life, triggering a tragic spiral that consumes both the creator and the creation.

For del Toro this project is personal. He said: “This film concludes a quest that began at age 7, when I saw it James Balena’s Frankenstein film for the first time. I felt the jolt of recognition in that pivotal moment: Gothic horror became my church, and Boris Karloff my Messiah,” the director said when the adaptation was first announced.

With its gothic visual style, emotional depth and powerful performances, Frankenstein it looks like it will deliver a disturbing yet emotional story.

The film will receive a limited theatrical release on October 17, before streaming globally on Netflix starting November 7.