I am a person who prefers to watch action and science fiction movies, I like to see chase scenes, fights, explosions or time travel, but watching the trailer for Lisa Frankenstein it caught my attention, I'm not fully invested on this movie so I know what I'm getting in, my expectations are not supper high but when I watch it I still want to be worth burning over 1 hour of my time and I think it will, it is a comic horror movie which is not bad for a laugh on a Sunday, will be released in theaters on February 9, 2024. The talented Diablo Cody is the author of the plot she also wrote another movie of similar style Juno I remember watching it a few years ago and it was good not going lie, this movie also includes the debut director Zelda Williams brings the movie to life with her skill in direction, promising a combination of romance, horror and a generous dose of comedy.

Set in 1989, for those over 30 this is going to bring probably so many throw backs and its one of the reasons I like the trailer, the story follows the adventures of Lisa Swallows, a misunderstood goth teenager played by Kathryn Newton who latter on kind of become a rock start or may be more popular than she was towards the end of the movie. During a thunderstorm, a peculiar event of fate occurs when Lisa some how resurrects a handsome Victorian era corpse, seems she wish he was alive and it just happen that a lighting hit the grave. Using a broken tanning machine in her garage, she sets out to transform him into the man of her dreams, I automatically remembered the Tim Burton movie Frankenweenie when the boy revives his deceased dog with the power of happiness and turns him into A kind of Frankenstein, I watch this one with my kids; this supposed boyfriend of Lisa has a similar appearance but not with that many stitches. In the trailer you can see that both live a comical and at the same time horrifying story, going back and forward trying to patch him up, clean him and changing his and her outlook too, the couple searches for true love, happiness and some body parts that are missing along the way when they at first take a hand from a guy and then becomes an obsession probably to improve her boyfriend killing more people in the process.

Zelda Williams, the director of this movie is also an American actress, producer and writer, the truth is I don't know much about her, she is a young director, daughter of the remembered actor Robin Williams, I have read that she was the voice of Kuvira in the cartoon Nickelodeon The Legend of Korra and prior to her directorial debut, Williams directed music videos and an episode of the television series Dark/Web. In 2018, she wrote, directed and starred in the short movie Shrimp, which was her debut in feature movies. Lisa Frankenstein marks a significant stage in her career, she did appear on a few TV series that I did watch like Criminal Minds and Stitckers, not the most popular but they were OK, as you can tell there is very little I could find about her just from her IMDB profile but I'm sure she watch and learn from her father for many years the great Robin Williams and decided to pursue directing after a few appearance on different productions.

The cast of Lisa Frankenstein is a very mix one that include actors like Kathryn Newton, known for her roles in Big Little Lies and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, brings in a very familiar face, it was not her fault Quantumania didn't succeed so its all good. Cole Sprouse who plays the man or the Lisa Frankenstein, from The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Riverdale and he also appear in the beloved TV series Friends from 90s, there is another good amount of years in the making of this actor. Liza Soberano, a Filipino American actress with a string of box office successes in the Philippines, brings her international expertise to the production. Meanwhile, the very talented Carla Gugino, who plays Lisa's mother, has quite the portfolio that includes performances in several productions like Gerald's Game, American Gangster, and San Andreas.

Then there's Joe Chrest, a familiar face from his role in Stranger Things. And last but not least, Henry Eikenberry seems to be stepping onto the big screen for the first if I'm not mistaken, I do remember him from last year on The Crowded Room TV Series; I couldn't find any much information about his previous work, but the cast is a mix of experienced actors and fresh faces that promises to deliver some good laughs and mystery, I think mainly when are they going to get caught with all the killing to patch up her zombie boyfriend who seem to look more human the more the story goes on.

I always like to read about what critics expect of the movies prior their release that's basically why I have pivot in to making this kind of posts, in general they have been positive, most classify this production as a comedy of romance and horror, reminds me a lot of My Chemical Romance song Helena, the theme and plot of the movie is very unconventional I would say as they put together comedy, murder, zombie and romance, this movie is going to be quite unique on its own and I think its going to be a success on its genre, probably not a block buster at the box office but will do well and have good scores, the cast is well rounded with experience on some unconventional tv series too.

This is not the first time that a production tries to take the Zombie theme into something more normal, something that is not dangerous, the first one I remember was Warm Bodies on a very similar vibe with Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer and then I remember a TV Series iZombie that did very well although I never watch that one so my point is that this is nothing new but the combination from the 90s and the Frankenstein aspect can make it more refreshing from people born on the 80s.