Lisa Frankenstein > Trivia

The feature directorial debut of Zelda Williams, the daughter of Robin Williams.
In one scene, Lisa refers to her “aunt Shelley”. An obvious nod to Mary Shelley, the author of the novel “Frankenstein”.
When her stepmother, Janet, returns home, Lisa exclaims, “Dammit! Janet!”, a song title from The Rocky Horror Show stage musical, which is also based on Frankenstein.
There are two police officers in the film, Officer John and Officer Waters, an obvious nod to the king of camp, director John Waters
According to Diablo Cody, the movie is set in the same universe as her earlier picture, Jennifer’s Body (2009). Both movies’ soundtracks feature covers of the song “I Can See Clearly Now.”
As an easter egg, there is a Robin Williams album on the floor when the main characters first interact: Throbbing Python of Love.
Lisa’s name comes from Weird Science (1985), which also contains references to Frankenstein and features protagonists who bring a love interest to life.
The revivified corpse is called “The Creature,” the name the being had in Mary Shelley’s original Frankenstein novel. Popular culture has given him the name “Frankenstein’s monster,” or “Frankenstein” for short, which was not used in the book.
In the first scene after the beginning credits, a headstone is shown while zooming in on Lisa that reads “Frances Owens”, which is the same name as a character from the film Practical Magic(opens in new tab) (1998).
Director Zelda Williams is the voice on Janet’s self-help tape.