The Karyn Kusama-directed, Diablo Cody-scripted Jennifer’s Body is a whip-smart, pitch-black, and blood-drenched feminist horror comedy that’s ripe for reevaluation. Megan Fox stars as the titular teen queen cheerleader. But when she becomes possessed by an insatiable demon, she goes from high school evil to a real deal succubus, and the boys she previously wouldn’t have given the time of day are suddenly looking like a tasty little snack. Now her mousy best friend (Amanda Seyfried) will have to step out of her shadow, if anyone is going to make it out alive.
“Kusama and Cody’s collaboration is a wicked black comedy with unexpected emotional resonance, one of the most purely pleasurable movies of the year so far.” – Dana Stevens, Slate
“There is within Diablo Cody the soul of an artist, and her screenplay brings to this material a certain edge, a kind of gleeful relish, that’s uncompromising. This isn’t your assembly-line teen horror thriller.” – Roger Ebert
Marc Edward Heuck writes about Jennifer’s Body on the New Beverly blog.
