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  1. www.vox.com › culture › 2018/10/31How Jennifer’s Body went from a flop in 2009 to a cult ...

    Oct 31, 2018 · Jennifer’s Body, Blichert argued, was a rape revenge fantasy in disguise, a scathingly sharp, smart look at “abuse, empowerment, and accountability” that anticipated the #MeToo era, and one...

  2. www.reddit.com › r › horrorJennifer’s body is actually good. : r/horror - Reddit

    Jennifer's body is actually quite profound. It spreads awareness to how we as a society lust over teenage girls so much to the point that it’s our own demise. It also tackles a lot of other topics that at the time weren’t spoken enough about.

  3. www.projectcasting.com › blog › newsThe Revival of ‘Jennifer’s Body’: How an Overlooked Horror ...

    May 29, 2024 · Key Takeaways: – Initially overlooked, ‘Jennifer's Body' is now enjoying popularity as a classic feminist horror film. – Both actress Megan Fox and director Karyn Kusama felt the promotional marketing focused too much on Fox's physical attractiveness, disregarding the movie's important themes.

  4. udreview.com › why-jennifers-body-remains-the-iconWhy “Jennifer’s Body” remains the icon of Halloween 14 years ...

    Oct 23, 2023 · “Jennifer’s Body” follows the lives of Anita “Needy” Lesnicki (Amanda Seyfried) and Jennifer Check (Megan Fox), two lifelong friends from Devil’s Kettle, Minnesota. Unbeknownst to Needy, Jennifer – through an occult ritual – has become a succubus who feeds on boys from their small town for energy.

  5. movieweb.com › jennifers-body-explainedJennifer's Body: The Satirical Horror Film, Explained - MovieWeb

    • Initial Rejection of Jennifer’s Body
    • Jennifer’s Body as A Sapphic Classic
    • Revival of Jennifer’s Body as A Cult Feminist Horror Comedy

    Megan Fox was the first actress sought for the role of the titular Jennifer, due to her status in audience perception as that bombshell that washed a car as her audition for the Transformersfranchise. Kusama wanted to play on those sexist constrictions and show how women’s bodies don’t belong to women anymore in a gender-skewed world, of which Holl...

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    As the movie starts, Jennifer and Needy’s relationship appears as a classic toxic ‘sandbox’ friendship that is long overdue. One is a strong bossy personality and the other is a lackey, faintly resisting the despotic control over her life. As the story progresses, though, it becomes evident that Needy’s assertion about their connection is not so na...

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    The Monstrous Feminine (a term from Barbara Creed's seminal text of the same name) has been a beloved subject of cinema forever, from the oldest myths of succubi, snake women, or kitsune, to DC’s Poison Ivy, Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, and so on. Vagina Dentatais one of the scariest concepts in the patriarchal society: a woman who is not conque...

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  6. www.vox.com › i-think-youre-interesting › 2018/11/10Jennifer’s Body: the cult classic, according to screenwriter ...

    Nov 10, 2018 · The life, death, and rebirth of Jennifer’s Body, according to screenwriter Diablo Cody. “I knew ahead of the reviews and everything that this was not going to be a movie that endeared itself...

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  8. www.imdb.com › title › tt1131734Jennifer's Body (2009) - IMDb

    Jennifer's Body: Directed by Karyn Kusama. With Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody. A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?