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Christopher Frayling

Professor Sir Christopher Frayling is the former Rector of the Royal College of Art and Chair of Arts Council England. He is the author of Frankenstein: The First Two Hundred Years and, most recently, of The Hollywood History of Art.

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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

In one of his most personal films, the Oscar-winning director imbues Mary Shelley’s gothic tale with elements of family melodrama and traces of his own Catholic upbringing.

By Christopher Frayling

Essays— Oct 22, 2026