mjanelle-24974 Review of Lisa Frankenstein

Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

The love child of John Waters and Tim Burton

[9/10 · 10 February 2024]

Low budget that doesn't feel cheesy. Kinda stylish, rocking late '80s Madonna fashion, schmaltzy arena rock, and wink-wink nudge-nudge self-awareness. It has fun little details like every time the creature cycles through the electricity he becomes a little more human, and sheds a bug or a worm, usually to hysterical effect. Excellent performances from the stars (him entirely non-verbal until the very last poetic scene, and her a little two verbal until, again, the final poetic scene). There are bits remeniscent of Kathleen Turner's Serial Mom and Jerry Stiller in Hairspray. It's over the top, a little bit tacky, and so much fun.