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Facts
Director: Karyn Kusama
Release Date: 18 September 2009 (USA)
Written by: Diablo Cody
Genre: Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Plot
Nerdy, reserved bookworm Needy and arrogant, conceited cheerleader Jennifer are best friends, though they share little in common. They share even less in common when Jennifer mysteriously gains an appetite for human blood after a disastrous fire at a local bar. As Needy’s male classmates are steadily killed off in gruesome attacks, the young girl must uncover the truth behind her friend’s transformation and find a way to stop the bloodthirsty rampage before it reaches her own boyfriend Chip.

Cast
Megan Fox – Jennifer
Amanda Seyfried – Needy
Johnny Simmons – Chip
Adam Brody – Nikolai
Sal Cortez – Chas

Links
IMDB.com
Wikipedia.org
Jennifersbody.com

Trivia and interesting facts
Promotional material for the movie was released up to 15 months before the release date.

A draft of the script was leaked online in early 2008.

The “waterfall that goes nowhere” Devil’s Kettle does exist in Minnesota’s Judge Magney State Park, and just like in the movie nobody knows where the water goes.

‘Megan Fox’ lost around 15 lbs, bringing her weight down to a near-frail 97 lbs, to prepare for her role as a possessed living-dead teenager as well as kept out of the sunlight to give her a further deathly pail appearance.

Jennifer’s surname ‘Check’ was initially intended only to be a place holder name. It comes from writer Diablo Cody using the phrase ‘check’ to express the filling of the various required roles, e.g “Jennifer – check, Needy – check” and so on. The name was never changed and features in the final film.

The title is from the song “Jennifer’s Body” by Courtney Love’s band Hole.

The first one sheet was unveiled at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego during July 2008. The poster showed the Megan Fox character Jennifer licking a drop of blood from her lips.

Posted on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Michal in