In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.

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Film Cast:

• Lisa Swallows: Kathryn Newton
• The Creature: Cole Sprouse
• Taffy: Liza Soberano
• Michael Trent: Henry Eikenberry
• Dale Swallows: Joe Chrest
• Janet: Carla Gugino
• Tamara: Joey Harris
• Doug: Bryce Romero
• Lori: Jenna Davis
• Vince: Joshua Montes
• Tricia: Trina LaFargue
• Misty: Paola Andino
• Lisa’s Mom: Jennifer Pierce Mathus
• Axe Murderer: Luke Sexton
• Jock: Chris Greening
• Drunk Girl: Mae Anglim
• White Girl: Ayla Miller
• Psychic Jenny: Jailyn Rae
• Reporter #1: Ashton Leigh
• Wayne: Charlie Talbert
• Mr. Garces: Ray Gaspard
• Mrs. Garces: Geraldine Singer
• History Teacher: Shane Partlow
• The Creature Hand Double: Jesse Reeks
• Sosnouski: Destiny Jones
• Tepper: Johnny Ballance
• Buckley: Donna DuPlantier
• Officer Waters: Sylvia Grace Crim
• Officer John: Walker Babington
• Old Man Harvey: Ritchie Montgomery
• Lady Cop: Sarah Fisher
• Neighbor Woman: Summer Selby
• Boy on Bike: Marcello Maurio
• EMT: Brad Miller
• Goth Teen: Julia Belanova
• Strange Figure: Wendy Miklovic
• Reporter #2: April Dupré

Film Crew:

• Director: Zelda Williams
• Screenplay: Diablo Cody
• Producer: Mason Novick
• Executive Producer: Jeffrey Lampert
• Original Music Composer: Isabella Summers
• Director of Photography: Paula Huidobro
• Editor: Brad Turner
• Casting: Nancy Nayor
• Sound Mixer: Robert C. Bigelow
• Stunt Coordinator: Chelsea Bruland
• Associate Producer: Elizabeth Ellson
• Production Design: Mark Worthington
• Art Direction: Michelle C. Harmon
• Set Decoration: Andrew W. Bofinger
• Costume Design: Meagan McLaughlin
• Choreographer: Shane LeCocq
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Jonny Bullard
• Key Hair Stylist: Natalie Shea Rose
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: William Spataro
• Makeup Artist: Brian Waltsak
• First Assistant Director: Georgianna Paz
• Second Assistant Director: Jared Swidzinski
• Set Dresser: Tatum Beck
• Set Decoration Buyer: Tory Ducote
• Set Dresser: Katalea Ford
• Set Designer: Adie Kaplan
• Set Dresser: Bryan Marchese
• Set Decoration Buyer: Jessica Taylor
• ADR Recordist: Vinny Alfano
• Utility Sound: Alessandro Chimento
• Foley Editor: Annika Epker
• Supervising Sound Editor: Lewis Goldstein
• Sound Effects Editor: Bennett Kerr
• Foley Mixer: Yorick Sedee
• Foley Supervisor: Wen Hsuan Tseng
• ADR Mixer: Jake Valentine
• Foley Artist: Ronnie van der Veer
• Sound Effects Editor: Allan Zaleski
• Special Effects: Matt Alavi
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Regina Jiganti
• Visual Effects Producer: Shwee Chou
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Nicolas DiNizio
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard Friedlander
• VFX Artist: Gerardo Gabriel Garcia
• Visual Effects Producer: Brian Houlihan
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Jacques Stroweis
• CG Supervisor: Michael Wharton
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Scott Winston
• Stunt Double: Silas Borelly
• Stunt Driver: Amanda Bradley
• Stunt Double: Juliene Joyner
• Stunts: Max Patrucco
• Stunt Double: Preston Schrag
• Gaffer: Allen Parks
• Lighting Technician: Steffan Pitzel
• Lighting Technician: Joshua Walker
• Casting Associate: Amelia Chen Miley
• Casting Associate: Jasmine Gutierrez
• Extras Casting: Lee Pierce
• Script Supervisor: Carmen Soriano
• First Assistant Editor: Serena Forghieri
• Location Manager: David Thornsberry
• Costume Supervisor: Emma Villere
• Assistant Costume Designer: Jen Wasson
• Costumer: Nate Wasson
• Set Costumer: Marie Boensch
• Music Supervisor: Garrett McElver
• Boom Operator: Jack Bigelow
• Art Department Coordinator: Brad Miller
• Post Production Supervisor: Jeffrey Penman
• Unit Production Manager: Anthony Rossi III
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Zachery Scherer
• Graphic Designer: Michelle Belfield

Movie Reviews:

• Manuel São Bento: FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/lisa-frankenstein-review-theres-no-middle-ground/
• “Lisa Frankenstein marks my first disappointment of the year.
• The youthful cast wholeheartedly embraces their campy roles, infusing deliberately exaggerated emotions and expressiveness for an evening of light entertainment with the promised levels of blood and ‘macabreness’.
• Sadly, the screenplay lacks the same commitment to the absurd, resulting in tonal and thematic inconsistencies throughout a narrative less imaginative than anticipated. The ensuing indifference and uncertainty regarding the film’s point and message leave a bittersweet taste…”
• Rating: C
• BornKnight: Horror-Comedy (not the opposite) directed by Zelda Willians in her full feature film, and written by Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body) that tells the story of a grief stricken teenager who had her mother slaughtered, and lives now with an abusive mother-in-law and a lovely sister-in-law.
• Kathryn Newton as Lisa is perfect for her role.
• Stigmatized by her past and actions the is the black swan of the school, and passes a lot of time in a old cemetery (watch the credits animation closely) of the 19th century on a tomb of another teenager that died with a green lighting into 1837.
• The movie emulates the 80’s teenage romance-comedies (it passes in 89), in a light way till a certain previsible point – for sure it isn’t as sugary as you may think to those who wonder. And have an unsuspected ending.
• I think it was worth for some laughs on a weekend night – I score it 6,6 out of 10,0 / B for the fun.
• CinemaSerf: “Lisa” (Kathryn Newton) is a bit of a loner who lives in one of those second families where her rather feeble dad (Joe Chrest) has married the rather vain and odious “Janet” (Carla Gugino) who has a friendly daughter “Taffy” (Liza Soberano). At school, she has taken a shine to floppy-haired heart-throb “Michael” (Henry Einkenberry) and he seems to be a little interested too. Might romance blossom? Suddenly a lightening strike changes everything. The long-dead occupant of a grave she habitually sits beside when she is reading (Cole Sprouse) is electronically reinvigorated and finds his way into her home, her wardrobe and now, as with “ET”, she has her own secret creature in the closet. Thing is, there are bits of her new friend missing – his ear, his tongue, his hand (that’s not a comprehensive list!) – so the ensuing escapades mix science with comedy and some good old doses of vengeance as they try to restore him to his former, piano playing, glory. It could have been much more fun, this, if it had committed to the audience one way or the other. It’s clearly gone for a wide appeal and so compromised on the darkness and adult nature of the humour. Many of the scenarios – especially at the the rather brutal and eye-watering conclusion, could have worked so much better had Zelda Williams aimed the movie more at those who could appreciate the dark comedy rather than dilute it down to something akin to a frat-comedy. It’s better than I was expecting, and Newton does fine as the film progresses, it’s just a shame it didn’t really know were to go or who it was for.
• r96sk: There are glimpses of goodness, though so short they don’t hide the film’s frailties.
• ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ is, in my opinion, a disappointment. I can kinda see what they were going for and at times I could appreciate it, but all in all it doesn’t really work for me. I will say the pacing isn’t actually that bad, the film went by relatively quickly. The two big weaknesses to me were the dialogue and simply the story in general, both are rather quite dull… if they weren’t, I may have enjoyed this.
• The cast are one of the film’s more positive features. I like Kathryn Newton, I remember thinking she was great in the similarly underwhelming ‘Freaky‘ from 2020, and she does try with what she’s got to work with here. Carla Gugino is possibly the standout, I would’ve liked to have seen more of her. Liza Soberano is alright, while Joe Chrest plays a literal continuation of his Ted Wheeler.
• I will say that I felt the film did slightly improve towards the end, just not enough for me to say that I had a good time watching it unfortunately. I got to see this in an empty cinema, which is always nice. I see this got released basically a month ago everywhere else, wonder why the UK got it so late. I guess as there seemingly aren’t as many films out right now due to that sandworm movie thingy taking over? Who knows.