Guillermo del Toro on Frankenstein

After he completes his work on the two "Hobbit" films in 2012, the prodigiously optimistic del Toro has a whole slew of projects to keep him occupied until 2017, including a new version of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, his long-delayed Lovecraft adaptation At the Mountains of Madness, a just-announced trilogy of vampire novels (the first of which he claims is already written), and his own version of Frankenstein.

Del Toro is an acknowledged fan of "Frankenstein." He has busts of Boris Karloff as the monster in his house. One of his biggest filmic influences, the 1973 Spanish film The Spirit of the Beehive, revolves around a showing of the classic Universal Frankenstein. He has raved about Bernie Wrightson's illustrated version and the original Frank Darabont script eventually filmed as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Kenneth Branagh in '94 and all-but-disowned by Darabont. Del Toro's version, however, sounds decidedly different…

"I'm not doing 'Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.' I'm doing an adventure story that involves the creature. I cannot say much, but it's not the central creation story, I'm not worried about that. The fact is I've been dreaming of doing a 'Frankenstein' movie since I was a child. The one thing I can promise is, compared to Kenneth Branagh, I will not appear shirtless in the movie!"

To read more about this and about Guillermo del Toro's Hobbit movie click here.

Halloween 2008 - Frankenstein Costume

Frankenstein Costume

It's the flat-headed horror himself and he's all stitched up and ready to boogie! Costume features a headpiece with stitch lines, jacket with inset shirt, pants and shoe covers.

Halloween 2008 - The Bride of Frankenstein Costume

The Bride of Frankenstein Costume

All stitched up and ready to go! This bride of the man made from bits and pieces features a long flowing dress and wig with grey stripe.

Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein Miniseries

From MTV:

In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” there are two monsters: the creature brought back to life, of course, and the mad scientist who does it, Dr. Frankenstein.

Actually, make that three monsters, the affable Guillermo Del Toro joked. “I will appear shirtless for most of the length of the film,” he teased of his upcoming reinterpretation of the classic story. “You will be amazed at my chocolate bar physique!”

Del Toro, who told MTV News that he’s “always been” interested in directing a version of “Frankenstein,” said he’s hard at work in pre-production, crafting drawings which he hopes to use as a basis for the world of the film. “I started doing some notes before the strike,” he revealed. “[During the strike] I can only draw now.”

“The only way to do the Shelley novel is to actually do a four-hour miniseries,” he said. “But I think there permutations in which you can tell the myth in a different way.”

- The Monster

Nike Air Force One Halloween "Frankenstein" Shoes

Todays Halloween shoes are brought to you by Nike. Here we have the Nike Air Force I Low Premium (Frankenstein Edition). The Nike Legend Frankenstein features a green patent upper, a metallic silver swoosh, and the decorative red stitching across the side to simulate the classic movie monster's famous forehead stitches.

Enjoy the horror...

- The Monster

Blood Cove Creature Model Kit

We got some news from William Winckler Productions about a new Blood Cove Creature Model kit.

Here is an early shot of the prototype for the "Blood Cove Creature" model kits. There will be 1/8th scale resin model kits, and 1/4thscale resin bust kits, released worldwide to retailers within the next several months.

There will also be models of most of the monster characters, and main human characters in "Frankenstein Vs. the Creature From Blood Cove." Besides model kits, Winckler Productions has licensed rights to other companies for collectible items such as collector cards, soundtrack CDs, rubber masks, tee-shirts, novels, movie posters, etc.

Expect most of the merchandise to be released within the coming months.

- The Monster