We've Got Good News And Bad News Regarding JENNIFER'S BODY...

Beaks here... The good news is that Diablo Cody's horror/comedy follow-up to JUNO is, according to the below write-up, quite enjoyable. The bad, bordering-on-catastrophic news is in the reviewer's summary. I'll let you discover it for yourself. The screenplay for JENNIFER'S BODY engendered mixed reactions when it made the rounds last year, but I thought it was a mostly clever blend of HEATHERS and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. For those of you who can't get with Ms. Cody's stylized patois, I doubt this will be the script that brings you 'round on her work; that said, the rampant gore and giddy deployment of horror conventions may keep some of "the haters" from hatin' so fiercely. The participation of Amanda Seyfried and Megan Fox should also help distract from the Cody-ness of the piece. Let's see what our bravely anonymous contributor thought...

Hey harry long time fan first time reporting to you guys.. well last night I went to a screening exchange advanced screening of Jennifer's Body (the new Diablo Cody written Megan Fox staring Horror/Dark Comedy) And although there were Non Disclosure Agreements Signed Mine well lets just say didn't get all the T's crossed and I's dotted but still please don't use my screen name if you post anything I'm sending you. SPOILER (story) So you have 2 miss-matched friends (1 hot popular (Jennifer) and 1 not so hot dork (named Needy)) (both girls) living in a small town "Devils Kettle" they go to a concert at their local hick bar where the hot one is destined to become the band of the nights first groupie (because they are from the big city) (lead singer is Adam Brody) but they wind up purposely burning the bar down with many dying so they can take the now intoxicated groupie (Jennifer) they take her and plan on sacrificing her to Satan so they can become famous but they got their signals crossed and she is NO virgin so since she isn't "pure" she doesn't stay dead once they leave and the spell kicks in for them she comes back to life as a part demon who needs to feed on people from time to time to stay young and pretty looking instead of the ugly corpse that she should look like. Main story revolves around her constantly scaring "Needy" by showing that she is evil like coming over in the middle of the night covered in blood and spitting up tar on the floor. And seducing and killing many of the boys from their school including needy's boyfriend. Finally ending with needy getting caught murdering Jennifer (caught by jen's mom in her bedroom) and subsequently getting her sent to an insane asylum which is where the story kinda starts off..now showing that in the final murder she was bitten by Jennifer before she was able to kill her she now has some demonic powers of her own and breaks out only to go track down the band from the bar for what she calls their final show. Final Synopsis Diablo Codys smart dialogue helps along what could have been a VERY campy film it is smart and funny all while still keeping its scary moments and plot. I know horror is a wide category that gets critics on all sides of the genre but this movie is enjoyable and keeps a fresh independent feel for horror. Special effects were done well for something that didn't even really need effects. Great Cast No nudity but some close calls Overall enjoyable B+

JENNIFER'S BODY is due out sometime in 2009.