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

Sam Taylor-Johnson‘s upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black” may have access to the late singer’s globally recognized back catalog, but another…

Focus FeaturesWatching Lisa Frankenstein—the new horror-comedy from screenwriter Diablo Cody and first-time director Zelda Williams (in theaters Feb. 9)—is akin to getting caught up in a chicken-or-the-egg situation: Which came first, the idea for this ’80s-inspired monster romance, or the pun in its title?By how staunchly the movie clings to its collage of nostalgic iconography, I’d say it was the latter. The film’s title is a cheeky take on Lisa Frank, known ...

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.

Sam Taylor-Johnson's Amy Winehouse biopic 'Back to Black' is being scored by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Lisa Frankenstein offers us a compelling and queer retelling of Frankenstein which combines horror, humor, and romance. Here's our review.

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

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Sometimes, we oddballs need a movie that is just a twisted mess of goodness and that's what makes 'Lisa Frankenstein' so perfect.

It will come as no surprise that the new movie “Lisa Frankenstein” is a real monster — stitched together from previous movies, painfully incoherent and deeply, deeply dumb. Presumably to giggle at shoulder pads, hairspray and Echo and the Bunnymen. Kathryn Newton stars as the goth-like high school misfit teen Lisa Swallows, who befriends a reanimated zombie bachelor who died in 1837.