Turkey’s Re-Imagining of Frankenstein: ‘Creature’ Series Official Trailer
by Alex Billington
October 13, 2023
Source: YouTube
“We’re helpless against death. You have to accept that.” Or can we…? Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an intense new Turkish series called Creature, adapted from the novel by Mary Shelly. This Turkish re-imagining of Shelly’s classic Frankenstein story is set during the Ottoman Empire many years ago. One of the most fundamental questions of humanity, “death and beyond”, is explored in Çagan Irmak’s series. The biggest wish of Ziya, an adventurous, rebellious & excited young medical student, is to be a good physician and cure many epidemics that medicine cannot find a cure for. His path crosses with Ihsan, a fellow medical doctor, balancing the fine line between genius and insanity. However these two estranged, wounded souls will pay the price for the forbidden experiment they were brave enough to conduct. The series stars Erkan Kolçak Köstendil as İhsan & Taner Ölmez as Ziya, with Engin Benli, Şifanur Gül, Bülent Şakrak, Sema Çeyrekbaşı, and Devrim Yakut. This looks like a dark and thrilling series that focuses more on the historical aspects than the Frankenstein myth. Might be intriguing to watch if you’re into this classic story.
Here’s the main official trailer for Çagan Irmak’s series Creature, direct from Netflix’s YouTube:
You can rewatch the teaser trailer for Netflix’s Creature series right here for the first look again.
Creature, an epic story that takes place in the final era of the Ottoman Empire dwells on one of the most fundamental questions of mankind, “death and afterlife”. Ziya, an adventurous, rebellious, thriving and smart, young medical student has the insatiable desire to become an excellent physician and to find cure to infectious diseases. Ziya’s path crosses with Ihsan, a fellow medical doctor, balancing the fine line between genius and insanity. He is the only person who truly understands Ziya’s ambitions. However these two estranged, wounded souls will pay the price for the forbidden experiment they were brave enough to conduct. The ancient encryption they have tried to decrypt could let all hell break loose. Creature, also known as Yaratılan in Turkish, is a series created and written and directed by Turkish filmmaker Çagan Irmak, director of many films & series previously, including Whisper If I Forget, Are We OK?, “Lovebird”, Remember Us, “Gülizar”, and “Yesilçam”. Based on the original “Frankenstein” novel by Mary Shelley from 1818. Executive produced by Saner Ayar, Ayse Durmaz, and Cengiz Çagatay. Netflix debuts Çagan Irmak’s Creature series streaming on Netflix starting October 20th, 2023 this fall. Anyone interested in this one?
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