Zelda Williams directs Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse and Carla Gugino in this Eighties-set comedy horror romance where a nerdy teen turns murdery queen after she resurrects a hot Victorian corpse.

Diablo Cody’s second stab at this territory is a little sweeter, a little less judgmental and whole lot spacier. Lisa Frankenstein has an off kilter pace and quite a pleasing loose end. As a vehicle for Kathryn Newton this is a major success – she is going to win over hearts and minds here. She sells a broad protagonist who undergoes a fair few character reinventions with charm and abandon. The look is neon and lace and tat and gothic. Yeah, yeah, yeah! Not groundbreaking or particularly tight, Lisa Frankenstein is ultimately a pretty ambient genre mash-up exercise that hit my buttons rather effortlessly.

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Perfect Double Bill: My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)

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