“Lisa Frankenstein” tries to thread a delicate needle, stitching together a mix of horror, comedy, romance, and teen angst, while adopting a rather off-kilter tone.
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Nobody will leave writer Diablo Cody’s new horror-comedy “Lisa Frankenstein,” in theaters Feb. 9, shouting “it’s alive!” “It’s amusing,” maybe. The “Juno” scribe’s wacky contribution to the litany of riffs on Mary Shelley’s novel from Boris Karloff to “Young Frankenstein” to “Frankenweenie” makes the gothic tale into a 1980s teen sex comedy.