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Jennifer's Body

Jennifer's BodyDirected byKaryn KusamaWritten byDiablo CodyProduced byStarringCinematographyM. David MullenEdited byPlummy TuckerMusic byDistributed by20th Century Fox102 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget millionBox office.6 million
Jennifer's Body is a 2009 American 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 demonically possessed high school girl who kills her male classmates, with her best friend striving to stop her. The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United States and Canada on September 18, 2009. The title is a reference to the song of the same name by alternative rock band 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". Cody said she wanted the film to speak to female empowerment and explore the complex relationships between best friends.

The film had a lackluster performance at the North American box office, making .8 million its opening day and .8 million its opening weekend, and received mixed reviews from critics. Negative reviews criticized the narrative and, specifically, the horror/comic premise for "fail to be either funny or scary enough to satisfy," while positive reviews praised the film for its dialogue, emotional resonance, and the performances of Megan Fox and the supporting cast. However, in the wake of the Me Too movement, the film has been appreciated as a feminist horror film and as a cult film.

Plot
Anita "Needy" Lesnicki, once an insecure and studious teenager living near Devil's Kettle, Minnesota, is now a violent mental inmate who narrates the story as a flashback while in solitary confinement. Since childhood, she had been friends with Jennifer Check, a popular cheerleader, despite having little in common. One night, Jennifer takes Needy to a local dive bar to attend a concert by indie rock band Low Shoulder. A spontaneous fire engulfs the bar, killing several people. In supposed shock, Jennifer agrees to leave with the band, despite Needy's protests. Later that evening, Jennifer, covered in blood, appears in Needy's kitchen and attempts to eat a rotisserie chicken from the refrigerator. She immediately vomits a trail of black, spiny fluid. Jennifer advances on Needy and almost bites her neck, but backs away and leaves. It is later revealed that Jennifer killed a student named Ahmet that night.

The next morning at school, Jennifer appears fine and dismisses Needy's concerns, appearing apathetic to the entire event. While the town is devastated by the deaths caused by the fire, Jennifer seduces the school's football captain in the woods and disembowels him. Meanwhile, Low Shoulder gains popularity due to their falsely rumored heroism during the fire, and offer to make a charity appearance at the school's spring formal.

A month later, Jennifer appears sick and listless. She accepts a date with school alternative/emo Colin, whom she brutally kills. While Needy and her boyfriend Chip have sex, Needy senses something dreadful has happened. She leaves in a panic and almost runs over Jennifer, who is drenched in blood. At home, she again encounters Jennifer, and the two kiss. When Needy breaks the kiss and asks Jennifer what is going on, she explains that Low Shoulder had taken her into the woods after the bar fire and offered her as a virgin sacrifice to Satan in exchange for fame and fortune. Although the sacrifice and demonic exchange were a success, Jennifer was not actually a virgin, so she became permanently possessed. Leaving the woods, Jennifer had encountered an exchange student leaving the scene of the fire and made him her first victim. Jennifer said she intended to eat Needy as well, but left because she could not bring herself to hurt Needy because of their friendship. Jennifer states that when she has eaten, she can withstand virtually any injury without pain, healing instantly.

The following day, Needy goes to the school library's occult section and determines that Jennifer is a succubus who must feed on flesh and can only be killed while she is hungry and weak. Needy tells Chip about her discoveries about Jennifer and warns him not to attend the school dance. He does not believe her, so she breaks up with him in order to protect him. Chip decides to attend the dance anyway but is intercepted by Jennifer, who takes him to an abandoned pool house and begins feeding on him. Needy arrives there and fights Jennifer. Chip impales Jennifer through the stomach with a pool skimmer, but Jennifer removes it and escapes, while Chip dies.

Needy goes to Jennifer's home and breaks into her bedroom. She fights Jennifer and Jennifer bites her neck in the struggle. Needy rips Jennifer's half of their best friend necklace off of her neck. Jennifer stops fighting back and falls to the bed, where Needy stabs her in the heart with a utility knife, killing her and destroying the demon. Jennifer's mother enters and finds Needy on top of her daughter's body. Soon after, Needy is brought to an asylum. In her asylum room, she manifests some of Jennifer's supernatural powers, such as super strength and the ability to levitate, due to a non-fatal bite from Jennifer during the fight between them. She escapes the mental facility, hitchhikes a ride to the hotel where Low Shoulder are staying, and murders them.

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