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• Comedy
• Horror

• 2009
• Karyn Kusama
• 98 mins
• 15

Summary

Comedy horror starring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried. Geeky "Needy" Lesnicky is best friends with gorgeous cheerleader Jennifer Check. So when a demonic curse causes Jennifer to start eating people, it falls to Needy to try to curb her newfound appetite.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Rosie Fletcher

Hell is a teenage girl in this subversive and insightful slasher film from writer Diablo Cody (Lisa Frankenstein). Best friends Jennifer (Megan Fox) and Needy (Amanda Seyfried) are pushed to the brink when the former is possessed by a demon after she is assaulted at a gig. Massively misunderstood on its release during the height of Twilight-mania, Karyn Kusama's funny, sharp study of teenage girl-dom is less a titillating Fox-fest for boys, and more a horribly recognisable picture of co-dependency among adolescent girls. Fox is at her best as the objectified and abused Jennifer, whose body becomes a conduit for fear rather than desire, while Seyfried is heart-wrenching as her reliable pseudo-sister who fights for her while trying to forge her own path. It's vicious and spiky in all the best ways, and neatly ticks genre boxes with its excellent gore scenes. Thank goodness this has been re-evaluated since its release: it's a firebrand of a film that is way more than the sum of its body parts.

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5.6/10

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Cast

rolenameJennifer CheckMegan FoxAnita "Needy" LesnickyAmanda SeyfriedChipJohnny SimmonsNikolaiAdam BrodyMr WroblewskiJ K SimmonsNeedy's momAmy SedarisRoman DudaChris PrattOfficer WarzakJuno RuddellColin GrayKyle GallnerJennifer's momCarrie GenzelPassing motoristLance Henriksen

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rolenameDirectorKaryn Kusama

Details

Theatrical distributor

20th Century Fox

Released on

2009-10-30

Languages

English | Spanish

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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