Friday the 13th. What could be more appropriate than going to see a horror flick. The lucky winner: Jennifer’s Body.

I could tell from the first five minutes of the movie that this was going to be one of those movies that critics love to hate. Don’t be fooled that this movie has been promoted as coming from the writer of Juno because no further a departure could be made.

The premise of Jennifer’s Body is that Jennifer, played by Megan Fox, is the stereotypical hottie at school who does not appear to have any thoughts beyond what is on the surface in her mind. One horrible night a demon possesses her body and after this becomes hungry for human flesh to keep her body trim, young, and beautiful. She turns to eating the boys at school as they are easy prey. Amanda Seyfried plays Needy Lesnicky, her “best” friend, until Megan goes for Needy’s boyfriend. Then, bets are all off.

As a side note much has been said of the on-screen chemistry between these two and in particular the scene of The Kiss. I have to admit it was hot. Very very hot. A scene that the boys will like. Very much. I loved this quote:

Needy Lesnicky: I thought you only murdered boys.
Jennifer Check: I go both ways.

Heh heh.

The movie treads a confusing line between horror (there are some magnificently gory scenes) and parody/comedy so perhaps that is why it won’t sit well with many in the audience who prefer one or the other but not both. I for one absolutely loved it. Perhaps it was the memorable lines, mostly between Jennifer and Needy, and though this is not exactly a women’s lib movie we have at least in Jennifer’s Body two very strong female leads.

Some other memorable lines:

Needy Lesnicky: Jennifer’s evil.
Chip Dove: I know.
Needy Lesnicky: No. I mean, she’s actually evil. Not high school evil.

Needy Lesnicky: You’re a terrible best friend. You stole my toys when we were little. You poured lemonade on my bed.
Jennifer Check: And now I’m eating your boyfriend. At least I’m consistent.

Needy Lesnicky: Are you PMS’ing or something?
Jennifer Check: PMS isn’t real Needy, it was invented by the boy-run media to make us seem like we’re crazy.

Chas: It’s true. It’s on the Wikipedia.

There are so many more lines but they are so very not PG!