Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | Official Trailer | Netflix
Honestly, I grew up thinking Frankenstein was that green, flat-headed guy in The Addams Family—clumsy, funny, and harmless. But when I watched Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, I realized how wrong I was. The movie wasn’t about a monster. It was about the man who created one.
Del Toro’s take on Mary Shelley’s timeless story is dark, emotional, and deeply human. It tells of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant scientist who becomes so obsessed with proving his power over life and death that he ends up creating something he cannot control — a creature stitched together from corpses, but more human in heart than his own creator.
It’s haunting, yes, but also painfully familiar. Because in many ways, we Filipinos have our own versions of Frankenstein.
We build systems, elect leaders, and tolerate wrongdoings—then we act surprised when corruption, abuse, or apathy come alive and destroy us.
We feed the monster of disinformation and political fanaticism online, then wonder why truth no longer has power.
We ignore small injustices until they grow into something monstrous—one that devours the very people who once said, “Wala naman ‘yan, lilipas din ‘yan.”
Like Victor Frankenstein, we wanted control. But in our silence and neglect, we created our own monsters—leaders without compassion, institutions without conscience, and a society numbed by fear or indifference.
Del Toro’s Frankenstein isn’t just a gothic horror. It’s a mirror. It asks:
Who’s really the monster—the creature born from desperation, or the creator who played god and walked away?
Why this matters to every Filipino:
Because every injustice we let slide, every truth we ignore, and every voice we silence — they all add another stitch to the monster we someday will have to face.
We can’t just keep saying, “Lilipas din ‘yan.”
Because like Frankenstein’s creation, our problems don’t just disappear — they come back, looking straight into our eyes, asking:
“Who made me this way?”
Roy Bato is the Founding President of the Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) CALABARZON Chapter and has been a dedicated broadcast journalist for 29 years. Roy Bato is also the CEO of IBS Media Group. Through powerful storytelling and fearless journalism, he champions truth, transparency, and the voice of every Filipino.
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