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Geek History Lesson

Guilllermo Del Toro's Frankenstein

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Out in cinemas and now streaming worldwide, the culmination of Guillermo Del Toro's creative work, Frankenstein introduces a new generation of moviegoers to Victor and The Creature. This week on Geek History Lesson, Ashley is joined by TikTok sensation Fallon Prinzivalli to give a full SPOILER FILLED review.

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0:00.0

Fallon, you are very, very good at predicting trends. Did you know that Frankenstein reimagined through the lens of a fairy tale was what the world needed this year?

0:23.0

I mean, I personally did. I'm a huge Germal del Toro fan. So I was very hyped for this film. We definitely

0:30.4

needed this year. And I feel like it's getting pretty good reviews in its early screenings from

0:36.1

theaters. So I'm glad to see that that it really was what the world needed to kind of get us through the end of the year here.

0:43.0

Ooh, and as we are throttling toward the end of the year, this podcast is alive.

0:47.3

And I'm going to say, hello and welcome to geek history lesson.

0:50.8

I am Ashley Victoria Robinson.

0:52.5

You may have noticed that we have someone who does not

0:55.6

sound like Jason Inman with us this week. And that is because he is still hanging out at UHOP with a very

1:01.2

famous doc-tective. So instead today, we are joined by a reed-pop marketing director, content queen,

1:08.5

and TikTok sensation. Fallon Prince of Alley, thank you so much for joining us on Geek History Lesson today.

1:15.4

Thank you so much for having me. I'm so honored.

1:18.0

We have been slowly but surely building up toward the release of Guillermo del Torres Frankenstein.

1:24.2

And I said there's nobody I would rather have than Miss Fallon, who is certainly

1:29.5

our most fashionable guest of the entire year of GHL, but it's mostly, I'll say this with my entire

1:35.9

chest as someone who writes comics, it's mostly comic book writers. So the bar is low and you

1:42.0

have upped it for everybody going forward.

1:46.7

Wow, quite the praise.

1:52.0

Fallon, you have not been on before to talk about Frankenstein in any capacity.

1:57.8

So before we dive into our thoughts on the film specifically, I would love to ask you what your relationship with Frankenstein as a concept and a franchise has been like.

2:02.9

Well, when I was growing up, my dad was very much into horror and monster films. And so I grew up

2:08.4

with this background. Like, I think one of the first movies I ever watched as a kid was Stephen King's

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