Last Updated on February 3, 2025 by Angel Melanson
If the Internet's reaction to Bill Skarsgård's Count Orlok is anything to go by, monsters are hot right now. And we don't just mean they're big business in horror (although we are seeing a monster movie renaissance of sorts at the moment), we mean they're hot.
Following the aforementioned Nosferatu and Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man, Guillermo del Toro's upcoming Frankenstein is the next movie to put a classic monster front and center and, for many sickos (complimentary), there's one burning question that the press images haven't yet answered: is Jacob Elordi's Monster hot?
Apparently, according to Gizmodo, who are doing God's work by giving the people the scoops they want, the answer is a resounding yes.
Reporting from a 2025 preview event hosted by Netflix in Los Angeles yesterday, Gizmodo were among the lucky few to see the first footage from Frankenstein, which stars Elordi, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz and is set to hit Netflix in November.
Although the footage hasn't been made available online just yet, io9 went into great detail reporting from the event. Here's what they had to say about Elordi's Creature:
Now, according to Google, Jacob Elordi is a very large 6 foot 5 inches tall and his monster is every bit of that and more. He’s tall, he’s lanky, and despite being pieced together from various body parts, you can very clearly see that it’s Elordi under all the makeup. His movie star good looks clash with the horrific makeup in a way that just works. Even the signature cut across the head, a staple of every Frankenstein’s monster, is a little cooler than usual as it starts on the upper right side of his head and then swoops down closer to above his left eye.
The monster looks at photos, tries to woo Goth’s character, walks in the snow, and more. He’s a commanding presence. Basically think about Jacob Elordi with lines on his body and pasty-looking make-up and, well, we have the internet’s latest thirst trap.
While we expected no less from the Euphoria and Saltburn heartthrob, it's nice to have concrete confirmation for the monsterfuckers among us. Don't forget, we've also got Christian Bale playing the role of the Monster in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s upcoming The Bride! All in all, a great time to be into weird, slightly gross, not exactly alive, guys.
For more on the Frankenstein footage, head over to Gizmodo for the full scoop.
