Diablo Cody has been likening Lisa Frankenstein to her cult classic Jennifer’s Body, but I’d more liken it to ‘80s classic movies like Beetlejuice. Unfortunately, while Bob Marley: One Love has actually found a lot of people who are willing to show up in theaters, Lisa Frankenstein has not really picked up in a way I thought it might. It’s a fun horror film and I think it deserves more love and attention than it’s been getting.
Lisa Frankenstein is a wild movie that takes some big swings. It’s also messy in parts and has less to say than its spiritual monster predecessor Poor Things. In short, it’s not a perfect movie, but it is a fun one and given horror’s continued popularity at the box office, I wish this was one people would be willing to go see.