Frankenstein (2025) & Death By Lightning || Ep: 94

About this episode

The hosts review the least scary monster movie of 2025 and discuss its performances and historical context.

The guys are back reviewing the least scary monster movie of 2025. They discuss Guillermo Del Toro's moviemaking, the standout performance and the not so outstanding performances. Then the loaded cast of Death By Lightning is discussed at length and Ben questions the historical validity of the plot. Track Ben’s movie reviews at: https://letterboxd.com/bendorsey/ Track Eric’s movie reviews at: https://letterboxd.com/EricN/ Follow Eric’s TV reviews on his substack: https://ericnerenberg.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/ben_and_erics_podcast/ Follow us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/benandericspodcast.bsky.social Subscribe on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@BenandEricspodcast Find us on Apple, Spotify and Overcast: https://linktr.ee/benandericspodcast Send us an email at benandericspodcast@gmail.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben, Eric

Topics covered

• movie review
• Frankenstein
• Death By Lightning
• Guillermo Del Toro
• performances
• historical validity

Keywords

• Frankenstein
• Death By Lightning
• Guillermo Del Toro
• movie review
• performances
• historical validity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Frankenstein (2025), Death By Lightning

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