Jennifers Body

I usually don't give a crap about seeing horror movies(although my all-time fave horror movie is Alien), but I was really interested in seeing Jennifer's Body because of 3 reasons. One reason was that it is a horror comedy which sounded interesting to me. Another reason was that it had several actors and actresses that I liked(Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody). And the number 1 reason I had to see this movie was that it was written by Academy Award Winner Diablo Cody who wrote one of my all-time favorite movies, Juno, so I was interested to see how this will turn out. And I have to say, I was not disappointed with this movie. It is a really good horror movie as well as a good comedy. The story from the very beginning pulls you in for a roller coaster ride and doesn't slow down. The movie's about a popular, attractive girl named Jennifer(Fox) who thanks to an evil rock band(led by Brody) becomes possessed by a demon and soon starts killing the boys at her school. When her shy best friend Needy(Seyfried) discovers what happened to her, she decides to kill her. Megan Fox does an excellent job at playing an evil girl and delivers great sarcasm. Amanda Seyfried, who I had seen before in Mean Girls and Mamma Mia, really impressed me with her role as the best friend who tries to kill her best friend. If you think she's a shy, helpless girl, this movie will surprise you. Adam Brody, from The O.C., makes a good villain. The rest of the cast(Johnny Simmons, Kyle Gallner and Amy Sedaris) does a decent job and Diablo Cody's script is very funny, hip and has many pop culture references. If you've seen or are fans of Cody's previous movie, Juno, you will recognize some of the actors from that movie in this movie. For example, J.K. Simmons(Juno's Dad) plays Jennifer and Needy's teacher, Valerie Tian(Su-Chin) plays Jennifer and Needy's classmate who is a big fan of the evil rock band and Aman Johal(Vijay) has a small role as foreign exchange student from India. If your are fans of the Alien movies, watch out for a Lance Henriksen(Bishop) cameo towards the end of the film. Overall this movie is very good, scary and proves that Diablo Cody is not a one-hit-wonder. I give this movie

4 out of 5 stars.
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