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Top 2024 release: “Lisa Frankenstein” (PG-13)

Louise Lawhead, Reporter

April 28, 2025

“You like cool movies and music and stuff, but only for you! You want to be the smart one who likes cool stuff, and you don’t want your girlfriend to like cool stuff. Do you know how uncool that is?!” – “Lisa Frankenstein” (2024)

Zelda Williams’ Lisa Frankenstein is a charming yet spooky romance between a teenage girl (Kathryn Newton) and a decaying corpse (Cole Sprouse).

Lisa Swallows, a misunderstood outcast at her highschool in 1989, accidentally brings back a Victorian Era dead man, and the two fall in love. Using a broken tanning bed, Lisa magically reattaches The Creature’s body parts, until he becomes handsome again.

Now, as weird as this movie sounds, it was one of the most enjoyable film experiences I had this past year. The film was colorful, fun and bizarre, but still felt meaningful in a nuanced way through its articulation about the treatment of women.

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Louise Lawhead, Reporter

Louise Lawhead is a sophomore reporter and is looking forward to her second year on Tatler. She is most excited to write not only fun articles about media and trends but also articles on important subjects and advocacy. Outside of school, you may find her in musicals, constantly watching movies or hanging out with her friends. Besides show tunes, her go-to music artists are Tyler, the Creator, TV Girl, Reneé Rapp and Radiohead. If Louise were banned from watching “Carrie” or the original Broadway cast of “Newsies” ever again, she would delete all social media and change her identity. She is looking forward to spending another year with this amazing group!