Penny Dreadful is more of a faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein than Del Toro's Frankenstein is.

I liked Frankenstein (2025) and the art direction/cinematography was good but if you want to watch the best adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel then just watch Penny Dreadful. John Logan's writing and Rory Kinnear as the creature and Harry Treadaway as Victor is honestly so much better than the Del Toro film. Even the cinematography is more true to the gothic horror aesthetic and less theatrical. Penny Dreadful's overall arc didn't end the way I wanted it to but the Frankenstein arc was fulfilled and the closest thing we'll get to a faithful adaptation. Even if it was technically different as Frankenstein was just a character in a world that had Dorian Grey, Dracula, an American western/werewolf, the Mummy, egoistic British nobleman explorer who wants to name a mountain after himself. Weirdly you hear almost nothing about it either while everyone is glazing the Del Toro's film as the best one.