Lisa Frankenstein ending explained

Lisa Frankenstein is in US cinemas now, so here’s everything you need to know about the movie’s ending.

Written by Jennifer’s Body scribe Diablo Cody, Lisa Frankenstein is a modern – well, 1980s – spin on Mary Shelley’s horror classic. Stitched together with both comedy and romance.

Zelda Williams directs the movie, while Kathryn Newton plays shy goth Lisa Swallows, and Cole Sprouse is the Creature with whom she falls in love after lightning reanimates his dead corpse.

He’s missing a few body parts, however, so the star-crossed lovers go on something of a killing spree to make him whole again. Though in the most adorable way imaginable. We’ll tell you how their twisted tale ends below, so beware of SPOILERS AHEAD….

Lisa Frankenstein ending explained

When you kill a bunch of people, and those murders can be linked to you, and there are even witnesses, your journey is unlikely to end well. And that’s the case with Lisa Frankenstein, due to the Creature and the title character killing her stepmom, as well as two teens who did Lisa wrong.

As the net closes in on them – and as the Creature becomes ever more human thanks to those additional body parts – Lisa comes up with a plan. She steps into the ‘Kiss of Life’ tanning bed that has been electrifying her man. And makes him turn it up to ‘Max Bronze.’ The broken bed duly bursts into flames, and Lisa goes up with it.

The film cuts to her grave some weeks later, where Dad and step-sister Taffy are laying flowers, and notice that her stone somewhat strangely states “Beloved Wife,” meaning Lisa is dead.

BUT, the movie then cuts to a bench by a lake, where the Creature is reading poetry, meaning finally, he talks. And turns out his audience is Lisa lying in his lap. She’s covered in bandages that make her look a little like the Mummy. But Lisa is very much undead, meaning she either faked her own death. Or more likely actually died, and the Creature brought her back to life. Either way, it looks like the pair live happily ever after. Or at least until a sequel happens.

In case you feel like sticking around for any additional scenes, don’t bother, as there’s no post-credits sequence.

Lisa Frankenstein is in US cinemas now, while the movie hits UK screens on March 1, 2024. You can read our 3-star review here.