When director Guillermo del Toro took on his masterful retelling of Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein, he rebranded the iconic character The Monster as The Creature (Jacob Elordi) - setting up the twist and turns of the new movie's plot to lead up to a much more positive ending. The 2025 Netflix adaptation of Frankenstein premiered globally on November 7, 2025, introducing a new generation of sci-fi horror fans to Shelley's 1818 novel that tells the story of what happens to a man when he decides to play God. Us explains the ending of Frankenstein below. WARNING: Spoilers ahead.