Ever since I started drawing the creature in the late ’70s and early ’80s, I knew I didn’t want symmetric scars and I didn’t want sutures or clamps,” del Toro said to Variety. “What I thought was very interesting was to make him like a jigsaw puzzle.

Below, the trailer, cast, release date, and everything we know about Guillermo del Toro’s monster, Frankenstein. There’s a lot of spooky stuff in the first Frankenstein teaser trailer, released on May 31.

Netflix's Frankenstein will be different from other adaptations, according to Guillermo del Toro, as he explained the process of the monster's birth.