Jennifer's Body Teenage Horror Movie Review

Jennifer's Body Teenage Horror Movie Review

Jennifer's Body is a perfect example on what not to do in a horror movie. Putting the true intentions of the creators aside, this movie was pretty peachy, for a horror movie. It did have the proper elements. As for the comedy, it did have some witty moments here and there. For now, I want to discuss its one and only flaw.




Originally, this movie was targeted to the teenage horror movie audience. All the characters in the movie were teenagers living the scary teenage experience. Heck, the climax of the movie took place at the prom. However, thanks to technology, the creators went crazy with the special effects. The movie was so violent that it was rated R.

Here is where the true hilarity of the movie comes in. A teenager cannot watch a rated R movie without adult supervision. Most times, teenagers wish to watch horror flicks with their cute dates. So, they are not likely to bring their parents to supervise their dates. Plus, most parents are still hesitant to let kids watch violent movies. They imagine that their kids have a monkey see, monkey do mentality (which they do most of the time). Taking these facts into consideration, the target audience had several restrictions to watching Jeniffer's Body.

Due to such a stupidity, this movie has all, but been forgotten. Another problem about the movie was the theme. It shows the consequences of unprotected sensual relationships. In this case, the guys after Jennifer needed more than a condom to protect themselves from the blood thirsty demon chick. This theme in specific, caused a lot problems. Mostly because teenagers are not looking for lectures in their horror movies.

There is also the generic theme that all actions have consequences. Jennifer became a succubus demon because of her unscrupulous behavior. Her best friend Needy is also guilty in the movie. Since they were children, she was always covering up Jennifer's misgivings. For her attempt to help Jennifer ,after she became a demon, costs Needy dearly (considering that the movie started with her in Jail).

Thinking about it, the whole being sent to jail thing is a common fear among teenagers. Since the movie began, Jennifer's Body reminded the audience that their actions have consequences. In the theater movie version, Needy was sent to a madhouse. Anyhow, such a theme is never popular among reckless teenagers, who wish to validate their own recklessness.

Another interesting subject matter is summarized in the title of the movie. Needless to day, all in the movie were obsessed about Jennifer's Body. Heck, even Needy had a lovy, dovy moment with Jennifer. Many teens are obsessed with hot bodies. The victims of Jennifer were obsessing about her hot looks. Jennifer had a Narcissistic love for her looks. Even Needy wished to have a body like that of Jennifer. Its ironic considering what was Jennifer's true body like.

There is also the issue with Satan. The rock band sacrificed Jennifer in exchange for fame and fortune. As it is usual with making deals with the devil, the sacrificed backfired (eventually). One should never make deals with the devil. Then again, Jennifer was not a virgin to begin with. Its a bummer why they imagined that Jennifer was a Virgin.

Even before they took her, Jennifer even joked about how there was not one inch of her that was a Virgin. Needless to say, when choosing a sacrifice, make certain that you are not offering used goods to the devil. Then again, the fact that Jennifer was no saint, might have been part of having the deal backfire. Putting devil worshipers aside, I must say that this horror movie was 5 stars worthy. Despite the fact, they failed to accomplish what they had initially set out to do.Oh! and the Starring actresses Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried where also 5 stars worthy.