Following the critical success of Guillermo del Toro’s most recent directorial feature, a new Frankenstein movie has been added to Netflix. This comes over a year after the stop-motion animated musical movie had its world premiere at the 2025 Guadalajara International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best International Animation Feature Film.
What unique Frankenstein movie is now on Netflix?
Beginning today, the critically acclaimed Mexican animated movie I Am Frankelda is now available to stream on Netflix. So far, the musical dark fantasy film has already received a perfect Tomatometer rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews. It also won two awards at the 2025 Fantasia International Film Festival, including the Silver Audience Award for Best Animated Feature and Special Jury Mention — Best Animated Feature.
The stop-motion movie was written, directed, and produced by brothers Arturo and Roy Ambriz through their Cinema Fantasma banner. It was based on the Ambriz brothers’ Frankelda’s Book of Spooks series. It features the voices of Mireya Mendoza as Frankelda, Arturo Mercado Jr. as Herneval, Jules Presley as Young Prince Herneval, Luis Leonardo Suárez as Procustes, Carlos Segundo as Ceimut, Arturo Ambriz as Timet, Roy Ambriz as Dubium, and more. This served as the first independently made stop-motion Mexican movie to date.
“In 19th-century Mexico, Frankelda is a gifted writer whose dark tales are ignored and dismissed. Forced to suppress her voice, she refuses to give up, even as many try to silence her. But when she is thrust into her subconscious, the very monsters she created come to life. Guided by Herneval, a tormented prince trapped between dreams and nightmares, she must restore balance between fiction and reality before both realms collapse,” reads the official synopsis. “Meanwhile, the sinister writer Procustes and his conspirators plot to seize control. As Frankelda and Herneval grow closer, their bond becomes both a strength and a curse. To rewrite their fate, she must confront a love that defies existence and reclaim her power as a storyteller–before dark forces consume her imagination and reveal horrors beyond her creation.”
