Jennifer's Body

/Jennifer's Body
Directed by: Karyn Kausama.
Written by: Diablo Cody
Cast: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, Amy Sedary
Music by | * Stephen Barton * Theodore Shapiro |
Cinematography | M. David Mullen |
Editing by | Plummy Tucker |
Studio | * Fox Atomic * Dune Entertainment |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date(s) | September 18,2009 (2009-09-18) |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $16 million[1] |
Gross revenue | $31,556,061[1] |

Jennifer's Body is a 2009 black comedy horror film written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama. The film stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, and Adam Brody. Fox portrays a newly-possessed teenage serial killerspecializing in killing her male classmates as her best friend strives to stop her. The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival[2] and was released in the United States and Canada on September 18, 2009.[3] The title is a reference to the song of the same name by Hole on their album Live Through This. As a tie-in to the film, Boom! Studios produced a Jennifer's Body graphic novel,released in August 2009.
Working with Cody again following their collaborative efforts on the film Juno, Jason Reitman stated he and his producers "want to make unusual films".[4] Cody said she wanted the film to speak to female empowerment and explore the complex relationships between best friends.[5]
The film had a disappointing performance at the North American box office, making $2.8 millionits opening day and $6.8 million its opening weekend,[1][6] and received mixed reviews from critics; where negative reviews classified the film as lacking the intensity needed for "true horror" and desperate to be a cult classic, positive reviews praised the film for its "occasionally clever" and often witty dialogue combined with "fun performances" and emotional resonance.[7][8][9][10]
* |[edit] Plot
Anita "Needy" Lesnicki (Amanda Seyfried), once an insecure teenager, is now a violent mental inmate who starts the story as a flashback while in solitary confinement. Needy and popular cheerleader Jennifer Check (Megan Fox) have been best friends since childhood, despite having little in common. One night, Jennifer takes Needy to a local dive bar to attend a concert by indie rockband Low Shoulder. A suspicious fire engulfs the bar, killing several spectators, and Jennifer is taken by the band despite Needy's attempts to stop her. Later that evening, Jennifer, covered in blood, appears in Needy's kitchen and proceeds to eat food from the refrigerator. Unable to digest the matter, she vomits a trail of black, spiny fluid and then leaves in a hurry as Needy calls after her.The next morning at school, Jennifer appears fine and shrugs off the concerns of Needy. While the small town is devastated by the numerous deaths caused by the fire, Jennifer seduces the school's football captain and then attacks him in the woods, naked, where his disemboweled corpse is later found. Meanwhile, Low Shoulder gains popularity due to their rumored heroism during the fire and offers tomake a charity appearance at the school's spring formal.
A month later, Jennifer is beginning to look pale and accepts a date with school emo Colin (Kyle Gallner), whom she brutally kills that night. While Needy and her boyfriend, Chip (Johnny Simmons), engage in sex, Needy senses something dreadful has happened. She leaves in a panic and almost runs over Jennifer, covered in blood. She rusheshome and finds Jennifer in her bedroom who initiates physical intimacy with her and soon explains what happened after the fire: Low Shoulder took her into the woods, and offered her as a virgin sacrifice to Satan in exchange for fame and fortune. However, although the sacrifice and greedy exchange were a success, Jennifer was not a virgin, and when the lead singer Nikolai (Adam Brody) murdered...