Film critic Peter Travers reviews "Lisa Frankenstein," directed by Zelda Williams, written by Diablo Cody, and starring Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse.

Lisa Frankenstein review: Diablo Cody’s triumphant return to teen girl horror

"Lisa Frankenstein" stars Cole Sprouse and Kathryn Newton. Diablo Cody's script is fun, but it takes too many shortcuts. Here's how to watch.

Writer Diablo Cody and debut director Zelda Williams disinter a murderous monstrousness from female adolescence with a story of a 1980s teen goth who reanima...

Billed as a coming-of-rage tale, Lisa Frankenstein instead offers a celebration of outcasts and weirdos. Jennifer’s Body scribe Diablo Cody and direc...

Most of the jokes lack a pulse as an ’80s teen girl befriends a reanimated corpse.

Lisa Frankenstein is a crass, unapologetic love letter to the horrors of teenage girlhood, spearheaded by an electric turn from Kathryn Newton.

“Lisa Frankenstein” tries to thread a delicate needle, stitching together a mix of horror, comedy, romance, and teen angst, while adopting a rather off-k...

A demented love story from writer Diablo Cody, starring Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse.

Diablo Cody’s bad script and Zelda Williams’ weak direction tank teen horror comedy. But good news: Bay Area native Liza Soberano manages to shine.

From the mind of Diablo Cody comes Lisa Frankenstein, directed by Zelda Williams and starring Kathryn Newton, Liza Soberano, and Cole Sprouse.

Diablo Cody wrote the script, and you can tell — but some withering one-liners don’t give this thing enough of an electrical charge.

A teen girl reanimates her corpse crush, from writer Diablo Cody. Read the Empire review now.

A sick, slick ride, Lisa Frankenstein is a neat mash-up of high-school comedy and horror tropes.

LISA FRANKENSTEIN is a new horror-comedy out on VOD. Written by Diablo Cody (Jennifer's Body) and set in the 1980s. Movie review here >

Zelda Williams directs the reanimation romance about a high-school outsider and the Victorian-era corpse she summons from the grave.

Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse are the saving graces of this half-baked rom-com about a girl who falls in love with her favorite corpse.

Diablo Cody pays tribute to quippy 80s classics in a ghoulish teen comedy

There is a sense throughout of good pals inviting us into their prank. For most of the time, one is happy to play along

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From screenwriter Diablo Cody comes a very 1980s spin on Mary Shelley's classic, starring Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse as a gothy duo (one's reanimated).

Esto es lo que puedes esperar de ‘Lisa Frankenstein’, ‘Perfect Days’ y otras películas nuevas en las salas de cine

Diablo Cody returns with a gross and goofy horror-comedy.

Nobody will leave the new horror-comedy “Lisa Frankenstein” shouting “it’s alive!” 

A little too enamored of its own references, this teen horror-comedy feels a bit misshapen but still delivers some light fun.

Written by Diablo Cody, this ‘80s throwback horror comedy takes a lot big swings—and nearly all of them land.

A little of Jennifer’s Body, a little of Edward Scissorhands, all stitched together

Lisa Frankenstein is a bad Tim Burton movie with twounlikable main characters. A satirical tale of the high school-age romance betweenan undead serial killer...

It’s such a bummer that Lisa Frankenstein doesn’t quite work on any level.

To put it delicately, “Lisa Frankenstein,” a new high school romance about an aspiring goth poetess who falls for a long-dead teen with dash and 1830s si...

This flat-lining comedy about an Eighties Goth misfit meeting the zombie of her dreams will make you miss Tim Burton. A lot.

Lisa Frankenstein is the weird girl sleepover staple for a new generation. Read our review of the film starring Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse.

It’s an attempt at comedy and romance. Neither works.

Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams team up for this ’80s teen comedy pastiche that's the definition of style over substance.

This female-gaze take on 1980s teen movies must have looked great on paper, but it never comes to life on screen.

The film is a flawed but entertaining return to form for writer Diablo Cody to take her rightful place on the big screen with what could be third in her ‘q...

Zelda Williams and Diablo Cody work wonders with a modern take on Mary Shelley's classic in "Lisa Frankenstein"

Kathryn Newton stars as an '80s goth girl and Cole Sprouse shines as a silent Victorian corpse in Diablo Cody's horror comedy "Lisa Frankenstein."

A new horror-comedy from writer Diablo Cody lets a fun idea go to waste.

Kathryn Newton stars in Diablo Cody's unfunny camp homage to the teen-girl-vs.-the-suburbs 1980s.

Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse star in a disappointingly flimsy horror comedy about a teen loner and her undead companion.

Sadly, Zelda Williams' directorial debut doesn't have much of a leg to stand on.