Lisa Frankenstein (2024) - Style over substance, but with really good style
Lisa Frankenstein is the feature length directorial debut of Zelda Williams. From that perspective it's honestly quite impressive. The absolute worst case scenario for works like this is a lack of any strong intent or playing it safe. But I could never describe Lisa Frankenstein that way. It is a movie in love with classic horror and B-movie shlock, without cloyingly weaving meta humor into every scene. Instead the majority of its allusions are found in the tone of the script. The hilariously obvious archetypes of the main character and the people at her 80's American High school. Her new vindictive step-mother and uncaring and unavailable father. The Main character's past is one of the slasher films final girl, and that manages to not invade the plot once again in some final act twist. All of this isn't to say it doesn't eagerly reference many of its influences. One only needs to look at the walls of Lisa's bedroom for posters of these classics, or the assor...