Lisa Frankenstein
Lisa Frankenstein
A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her crush, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love, happiness - and a few missing body parts.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 2, 2025
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Solid script, 80’s nostalgia and some really fun humor made an otherwise uneven film, an entertaining watch. Lisa (Katheryn Newon) finds herself at a new school for her Senior year after her mother was killed by an axe murdered. Her father takes a new wife (Carla Gugino) and they move in with her and Lisa’s new step sister, Taffy (Liza Soberano). Largely an outcast, Lisa spends her time in an unkempt cemetery communing with the forgotten dead. She takes a certain affinity towards one that has a striking headstone and bears the name Frankenstein. And after wishing (in jest) she could be with him, a lightening strike reanimates Frankenstein directly into Lisa’s friend-zone. Lisa has a crush on the suave Michael Trent, but spends equal time helping Franky collect some of his missing body parts even though she doesn’t see him as a romantic interest. Michael’s got something that Franky doesn’t. There’s lots of funny moments, plenty of style, sew many needles drops and (literal) ear worms. That being said, the pacing feels uneven, in part, because of the sound design. There’s along stretches where it feels like there’s no score or backing track. When you add in that one of the main characters has zero dialogue, those stretches feel empty and make them seem longer than they actually are. For my taste, I would have preferred a much larger body count and more pronounced blood and gore. I had a good time, though, and there were enough sexual jokes to make my 13 y/o daughter really uncomfortable watching with us. Plus she got a Dune Popcorn bucket which is a sexual joke all on it’s own.