Franken-Boyfriend

Franken-Boyfriend is a 2000 American teen zombie comedy directed by Tim Burton and written by James Gunn making this film his first Hollywood screenplay before 2002's Scooby Doo.

The films stars Linda Cardellini, James Franco, Cary Elwes, Elizabeth Perkins, Marla Sokoloff, Monica Keena, Brendan Fehr, Lee Evans, Katharine Isabelle, John Travolta, Jacob Smith, Jodi Lynn O'Keefe, Adam Hann Byrd and Jeff Daniels.

The film deals with a suburban teen girl grieving from the death of her beloved boyfriend who is killed in a freak accident and decides to resurrect him with some help from her friends using electricity. This spirals into a series of strange, hilarious but frightening adventures to keep the resurrected boy a secret at any cost until her parents and the community get involved.

The film was distributed by Miramax and was released on June 16th, 2000. The film received positive reviews from critics and audiences who praise the grisly special effects, performances, tongue-in-cheek humor and parodies of old 50's creature features. The film became a cult classic after gaining success on home video and dvd.

Cast

 * Linda Cardellini as Lisa Franklin
 * James Franco as Sam Merrick
 * Cary Elwes as Dan Franklin
 * Elizabeth Perkins as Helen Franklin
 * Jacob Smith as Cody Franklin
 * Marla Sokoloff as Sissy Walker
 * Monica Keena as Jessica Stewart
 * Adam Hann Byrd as Clyde Lewis
 * Katharine Isabelle as Bethany Benz
 * Jodi Lynn O'Keefe as Andie Benz
 * Lee Evans as Deputy Corky Liverwurst
 * Brendan Fehr as Drew Ross
 * John Travolta as Mayor James Harris

Trivia

 * A handfull of directors were considered to direct this film including Sam Raimi, Wes Craven, Danny Boyle and Gore Verbinski who previously worked with Lee Evans on the 1997 black comedy Mousehunt.