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

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

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

The Oscar-winning screenwriter aims to recall 80s classics from Heathers to Beetlejuice but there are too many parts missing

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.

Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams show their Tim Burton love with charm but not enough visual style

Diablo Cody breathes campy life into this Mary Shelley riff.

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

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."

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

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

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

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.

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).

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

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

A disposable satire of '80s teen comedies and horror, Zelda Williams' debut is funny but muddled. Our Lisa Frankenstein review:

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 ‘quirky goth teen’ triptych

Even as Zelda Williams's 'Lisa Frankenstein' revels in violent delights, the dialogue keeps everything grounded in humor.

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

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

Nobody will leave writer Diablo Cody’s new horror-comedy “Lisa Frankenstein,” in theaters Feb. 9, shouting “it’s alive!” “It’s amusing,” maybe. The “Juno” scribe’s wacky contribution to the litany of riffs on Mary Shelley’s novel — from Boris Karloff to “Young Frankenstein” to “Frankenweenie” — makes the gothic tale into a 1980s teen sex comedy.

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

In “Lisa Frankenstein,” Diablo Cody concocts a drearily derivative screenplay with glib, pseudo-edgy jokes.

Prepare to fall in love with a goth weirdo and her undead BFF in Zelda Williams’ feature debut

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

The screenwriter’s mashup of 80s teen horror tropes falls flat in Zelda Williams’s erratic feature debut

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

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 sideburn, doesn't play. A campy, bloody rom-com spin on a "Warm Bodies" theme, it manages a moment, here and there and just a hint of who screenwriter/genuine "character" Diablo…

Directed by Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda, this romcom riff on Mary Shelley’s tale is hindered by its obsession with 80s cult classics

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