Well Worth Watching Movieblog: Jennifer's Body (2009)

Jennifer's Body - A Tongue in Cheek Teen Horror Movie (2009)

Jennifer's Body is a 2009 dark comedy and horror film written by Diablo Cody. The film is directed by Karyn Kusama and stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody and Johnny Simmons. Fox portrays Jennifer Check, a newly possessed teenage serial killer specializing in "offing" her male classmates as best friend "Needy" Lesnicki, portrayed by Seyfried, strives to stop her.

I found this movie very entertaining and undemanding as far as concentration on the plot is concerned. College Teen Horror is the Category i give to this kind of Movie.

The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United States and Canada on September 18, 2009, with an R rating in the U.S. and a 14A rating in Canada. The title is a reference to a song from Hole's album Live Through This. Another song from the album, "Violet", is played over the end credits. As a tie-in to the film, Boom! Studios produced a Jennifer's Body graphic novel, released in August 2009.

The Movie has a great soundtrack too, which is available now on CD. I think that a great part of the marketing was aimed at sales of the soundtrack, which is not surprising seeing that the Movie industry now has to look to other markets to keep in the game (such as Video games of Movies and Movies of Video games). This is due to the amount of Pirated DVDs and illegal downloads being so high that the Film Industry needs to look to other channels to keep their takings up.

Plot Synopsis

Jennifer's Body ;
Production year: 2009
Country: USA
Cert (UK): 15
Runtime: 102 mins
Directors: Karyn Kusama
Cast: Adam Brody, Amanda Seyfried, Amy Sedaris, Chris Pratt, JK Simmons, Johnny Simmons, Kyle Gallner, Megan Fox

Insecure bookworm Anita "Needy" Lesnicki (Amanda Seyfried) and arrogant, popular flag girl Jennifer Check (Megan Fox) have been best friends "since the sandbox" and wear matching heart-shaped lockets engraved with the initials BFF to signify this bond, although they share little in common. One night, Jennifer insists Needy come to a local dive bar to attend a concert by indie rock band Low Shoulder, where Jennifer soon develops a crush on their lead singer, Nikolai Wolf (Adam Brody). While flirting with Jennifer, Nikolai concludes that she is a virgin.

This is a lighthearted and Fun movie to watch if you like Teen College Humor and stuff like Final destination, Twilight, and the like, then you will like this movie. Just don't expect too much from the movie and enjoy the American College teen Horror Movie Experience.

As the band begins to perform one of their songs, a suspicious fire engulfs the bar. Needy saves a somewhat intoxicated and shocked Jennifer, who, against Needy's wishes, ends up leaving with the band; they take her into the woods, where she learns that the band is desperate for wealth and fame, resorting to making her their sacrifice to Satan, exchanging a virgin for their success. However, as Jennifer is in fact not a virgin when Nikolai murders her, a demonic spirit takes over her body with all her memories still intact after Nikolai and the band leave. Later that evening, Jennifer appears at Needy's house, covered in blood. She resists attacking a terrified Needy and instead roams into the kitchen, where she tries to eat food from the refrigerator; unable to digest the matter, she vomits a trail of black ferromagnetic fluid. She then leaves the house in a hurry as Needy calls after her. Needy, left frightened and alone, believes something horrible has happened to Jennifer.