November 2025

Frankenstein in Miniature: Building, and Destroying, Victor's Lab

Editors' note: This spotlight on the visual effects of Frankenstein is part of AC's in-depth coverage of the film, which is featured in our December 2025 issue. Below is an expanded photo gallery showcasing the production's miniature builds. Frankenstein’s laboratory, a neo-Gothic pinnacle on a rugged Scottish clifftop, took shape in miniature for establishing scenes and for the tower’s destruction. Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF photographed the miniatures — working with miniature supervisor José Granell and Nigel Stone, BSC at The Magic Camera Company — and accompanied Del Toro and VFX supervisor Dennis Berardi for five weeks at White Waltham Airfield in England. “First, we shot wide shots of the tower outside on a parking lot,”...more