'Lisa Frankenstein' Review: Faux Outrageous Undead Teen Horror Comedy

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

‘Lisa Frankenstein’ Review: Diablo Cody Scripts a Faux Outrageous Undead Teenage Horror Comedy That Never Finds Its Joke

Take the heroine, Lisa Swallows , a name that in any other high-school movie would be a nerd’s unfortunate nickname. Lisa is a brainy outsider, though her victim status extends beyond that; she’s one of those characters whose circumstances have made her the very vector of an Unfortunate Life. Her backstory is a gothic absurdist flourish: A psycho out of a slasher movie walked into her home, and Lisa watched her mom being slaughtered in the living room.

Cole Sprouse makes him a mute hunk monster-saint, like Edward Scissorhands without the hands, or a goth version of the pin-up creature from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” He’s passive and harmless-looking, yet he’s willing to do Lisa’s bidding. Since he’s missing one hand, they replace it by chopping off the school geek’s. More blood-spattering follows.

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