Who is this movie for? You have incredible dramatic actors, but the tone and make-up looks campy and goofy. It doesn’t feel like a scary horror movie; it looks too silly to take seriously. The previews are mostly just close-ups of Bale and Buckley with black shit on their faces. I also can’t imagine what the plot would be, besides making a female Frankenstein’s monster, and due to the above I can’t be bothered to find out why.

I also can’t imagine what the plot would be, besides making a female Frankenstein’s monster.

Now replace female with male.

Female has nothing to do with it, and making your argument about the female lead makes the entire take sexist.

We will be equal when we can say that a movie is just bad without also needing to mention that the lead was female.