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There are n’t many pic likeLisa Frankenstein . Written by Diablo Cody ( Juno , Jennifer ’s Body ) and engineer by first - metre lineament filmmaker Zelda Williams , the 1980s - set supernatural drollery follows a teenage girl whose bid to be with the drained occupant of a local , Victorian - era tomb is award when his clay is inexplicably revive . for complete her undead dream guy ’s reanimation , the two arrange out to find and interchange his corpse ’s miss soundbox parts .
The film is one of the funny titles in this year ’s Valentine ’s Day movie season . As unequalled as it may be , though , Lisa Frankensteinalso proudly wear its influence on its sleeve . Thanks to itsTim Burton - inspire esthetic and its over - the - top period place setting , the pic makes its debt to sealed 1980s and ’ 90s comedies explicitly clear . With that in intellect , here are three flick that you should tally out if you likeLisa Frankenstein .
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Edward Scissorhands (1990)
There are a few Tim Burton flick that would make sense on this leaning , including 1988’sBeetlejuice . However , none of the director ’s films had as clear of an influence on Lisa Frankenstein asEdward Scissorhands . Both movies focus on misfit girls who shine in love with young man who seem , on the surface , impossible to be with .
From the purposefully stilted nature of its American small town to its characters ’ churl costumes , Lisa Frankensteinbears an esthetic connexion toEdward Scissorhandsthat is impossible to deny . For those ground and more , Edward Scissorhandsis a must - see cinema for anyone who enjoysLisa Frankenstein .
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Death Becomes Her (1992)
Death Becomes Heris a black funniness about two women ( Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn ) whose competition over a valet ( Die Hard ’s Bruce Willis ) leads them both to drink potions that grant them everlasting youth and make them immortal , but not impervious to injury .
The film ’s premise allow it to take its case of fierceness to genuinely cartoonish heights , and its blasé attitude toward its macabre elements show an undeniable link between it andLisa Frankenstein , which similarly is n’t afraid to load down moments of shocking fierceness into its largely comedic narrative . In other Christian Bible , whileDeath Becomes Herisn’t nearly as well - make out as the other two entries on this inclination , that does n’t intend it is n’t just as desirable of a comrade spell toLisa Frankenstein .
Death Becomes Hercan be rented or buy at various digital seller includingAmazon Prime Video .
Heathers (1988)
Unlike the other films on this inclination , there ’s nothing supernatural aboutHeathers ‘ tarradiddle . It andLisa Frankenstein‘s heightened , satirical take on 1980s American high-pitched school life are , even so , strikingly interchangeable .
Both films apportion a clear contempt for their preferences and the demands that are made of their teenaged character , andHeathers ’ tongue - in - boldness combination of romanticism , violence , adolescent angst , and death makes it a powerful full cousin picture toLisa Frankenstein . LikeEdward Scissorhands , Heathersis also ground by Winona Ryder , the ’ 80s and ’ 90s icon whose shadow hover large overLisa Frankenstein .
Heathersis streaming onAmazon Prime Video .
