Guillermo Del Toro’s 150-Minute Horror Movie Is Getting A Rare New Release With Unseen Footage

Guillermo del Toro’s monster movie Frankenstein is getting even more epic with a new release.

2025’s Frankenstein, which is a reimagining of Mary Shelley’s seminal 1818 novel of the same name, was a longtime passion project for the Pan’s Labyrinth director, who brought it to life with a star-studded cast that includes Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, Mia Goth as Lady Elizabeth Harlander, Charles Dance as Baron Leopold Frankenstein, Christoph Waltz as Henrich Harlander, Ralph Ineson as Professor Krempe, and Jacob Elordi as the Creature. The movie was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning three (Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling).

The Criterion Collection has now announced that their upcoming physical media release of Frankenstein will arrive on October 27, with a DVD edition priced at $29.95, a Blu-Ray version priced at $49.95, and a 4K UHD and Blu-Ray combo priced at $59.95. Their release of the movie will include an extended director’s cut edition called Frankenstein: The Reborn Cut with eight minutes of additional footage, bringing its total run time to 158 minutes.

Below, see a full breakdown of the features that will be included in Criterion’s release of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein:

*4K digital master of the theatrical version of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack

*4K digital master of Frankenstein: The Reborn Cut, a new 158-minute extended director’s cut of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack

*In the 4K UHD edition: Two 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the films and special features

*New audio commentary on The Reborn Cut, featuring director Guillermo del Toro

*The Anatomy Lesson: Director’s Cut, a new documentary on the making of the film

*The Parlour, a collection of conversations on craft featuring del Toro; actors Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Oscar Isaac; cinematographer Dan Laustsen; production designer Tamara Deverell; costume designer Kate Hawley; and creature designer Mike Hill

*Q&As moderated by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and musician Patti Smith

*Interview with composer Alexandre Desplat conducted by film-music scholar Jon Burlingame

*Trailer

*English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio

*PLUS: An essay by scholar and author Christopher Frayling

In the modern era, it has become more and more rare for movies to receive such lavish physical media releases. However, it is even rarer for a movie like Frankenstein, which is a Netflix exclusive. While Netflix does give physical media releases to some of their key original shows and movies, there have been fewer such releases over the past few years.

The Criterion Collection has been behind a number of those releases. At the time of writing, they have put out 12 Netflix originals: Beasts of No Nation, Roma, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, The Irishman, Marriage Story, Dick Johnson Is Dead, Okja, The Power of the Dog, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Mudbound, Nouvelle Vague, and now Frankenstein. The majority of those titles have been major players at the Oscars, proving what a high bar there is for a Netflix film to get a robust physical media release.

However, Frankenstein has proven itself by almost every possible metric. In addition to its Oscar performance, the Guillermo del Toro movie has won over both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, earning a Certified Fresh Tomatometer score of 84% and a Verified Hot Popcornmeter score of 94%. It also boasts a solid Metacritic score of 78, indicating generally favorable reviews.

Frankenstein now has the chance to prove itself on physical media as well. The Reborn Cut arrives at the perfect time for it to thrive, as it will hit shelves the Tuesday before Halloween. The Halloween season tends to see an uptick in horror ticket sales, and while the weekend before Halloween sees the release of the horror-tinged DC Comics movie Clayface, audiences craving a more straightforward horror movie might feel more inclined to check out del Toro’s new director’s cut.

Release Date

October 17, 2025

Runtime

149 Minutes

Director

Guillermo del Toro

Writers

Guillermo del Toro, Mary Shelley

Producers

J. Miles Dale, Guillermo del Toro, Scott Stuber