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Movie Review: 'Lisa Frankenstein' lurches from idiocy to whimsy and ends up unwatchable

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It will come as no surprise that the new movie “Lisa Frankenstein” is a real monster — stitched together from previous movies, painfully incoherent and deeply, deeply dumb.

This is a baffling display of filmmaking, what appears to be a sort of feminist take on the reanimated creature trope that has been shoehorned into a late-1980s setting, complete with songs, teased hair and brightly colored spandex. Why? Presumably to giggle at shoulder pads, hairspray and

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