I can’t say I’m surprised to hear the news yesterday that Criterion will be releasing Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K and Blu-ray this October. They’ve released a lot of his previous films, and have always done such stellar work, so while I’m not surprised, I am damn excited about it. With a planned release on Oct. 27th, the 4K+Blu-ray set will be 4 discs, that will feature 2 versions of the film, both in 4K. It will have the theatrical version on one disc and a new 158-minute extended director’s cut of the film, called Frankenstein: The Reborn Cut, both with Dolby Atmos soundtrack. The Reborn Cut will have a new commentary by del Toro.

Other features on the set include:

• The Anatomy Lesson: Director’s Cut, a new documentary on the making of the film
• The Parlour, a collection of conversations on craft featuring del Toro; actors Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Oscar Isaac; cinematographer Dan Laustsen; production designer Tamara Deverell; costume designer Kate Hawley; and creature designer Mike Hill
• Q&As moderated by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and musician Patti Smith
• Interview with composer Alexandre Desplat conducted by film-music scholar Jon Burlingame
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
• An essay by scholar and author Christopher Frayling.
• New cover by Denver Balbaboco

The 4K set (4-discs) is priced at $47.96, the Blu-ray (2-discs) is priced at $39.96, and the regular DVD (3-discs) is priced at $23.96. The real question is are you going to pre-order it or wait until Criterion is having one of their 50% sales… For all the info, you can click HERE to go to the release on Criterion’s page.