An amazing thing happened after I complained that Halloween was disappointing: someone released a quality horror movie. A week late. What the Hell?

I suppose it’s an affirmation of my prior assertion that Halloween movies are just scary movies that don’t have to be watched on Halloween. I just wonder why Netflix decided to release this movie on Nov. 7. Yes, it had a limited theatrical run on Oct. 17, emphasis on the word limited. I don’t wonder at all why it was released on Netflix. Who even goes to movie theaters anymore? I take the kids whenever they are showing Toy Story or something like that, but other than that, I’m good.

Guillermo del Toro’s take on Frankenstein is amazing. It doesn’t follow the book exactly, but it actually improves on it in my view, by doubling down on the themes in the book. It’s not a story about why man shouldn’t play God. It’s a story about how God should not play God. The monster looks amazing, which is what you would expect from someone who made the Shape of Water and Pan’s Labyrinth. Victor is a self-absorbed jerk, something the female lead makes clear. The ending breaks your heart.

Why they released it just to miss the Halloween movie season? I don’t know. The one thing holidays are supposed to still be about is marketing. Maybe they decided to just show contempt for the whole exercise. Anyhow, please buy Pandemonium! It would make the perfect Christmas gift…in November!