Diablo Cody is known for writing off-the-wall screenplays and this one certainly qualifies. Kathryn Newton plays a frustrated teen (is there any other kind?) who’s obsessed with gravestones. One stormy night her favorite deceased obsession comes alive in the form of a crud-covered man (Cole Sprouse). Thus begins their disjointed love story that also involves collecting body parts to make him whole. This “comedy” has Not. One. Laugh. Newton is OK as the troubled teen, while the grunts from Sprouse add nothing. Zelda Williams has added no suspense, surprises or clever directorial touches, but at least she kept the energy up and the running time short. Even with the twisted variation on the classic monster, the outcome is essentially lifeless.
NOTE: In the final scene Williams put the creature in rainbow suspenders as a reference to her dad’s Mork & Mindy look. 
(1 / 5)