Jennifer's Body - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Jennifer's Body or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Jennifer's Body

[kyle]

Low Shoulder was the fictional name given to the band in the movie. In real life, the band was known as No Country. They were called No Country from 2009 until 2014 when they changed their name to Wildling. Prior to No Country, the band had been known as Test Your Reflex from 2004 until 2009. Lead singer, Ryan Levine wrote much of the original music heard in the movie.

[ethel]

A few actors from Diablo Cody's Juno (2007) appear in Jennifer's Body (2009). J.K. Simmons, Valerie Tian and Aman Johal. The film is also co-produced by Juno (2007) director Jason Reitman.

[nora]

When Needy tells Low Shoulder that her best friend is a virgin, and she tells Jennifer, who retorts to Needy "I'm not even an anal virgin!" This changed for later viewings to "I'm not even a backdoor virgin!"

[aaron]

Amanda Seyfried and Kyle Gallner both previously appeared together in Veronica Mars (2004). A high school drama involving murder.

[russell]

The two pinball machines in the bar are both Williams' machines. Fire! (1987) and The Getaway: High Speed II (1992)

[bryan]

The title is from the song "Jennifer's Body" by Courtney Love's band Hole.

[willard]

This film is often compared to the Canadian werewolf film Ginger Snaps (2000). Both films involve two female characters that are close at first, but become enemies (Jennifer and Needy, Ginger and Brigitte). One of the characters is being attacked at night in the woods but survives and becomes evil (Ginger and Jennifer in their respective films). The evil character becomes rude to their companion. In both films the evil character starts killing boys from school and eating them. The good character finds a way to kill the evil one searching in the School's library. The love interest of the good character is bitten and killed by the evil character, and both films end around a school party as well as ending with the good character stabbing the evil one in the heart in their own home. At the end of both films the good character is bitten and becomes evil as well. Both films have also been critically evaluated as being metaphorical representations of female puberty and adolescence.

[sylvia]

There was no makeout scene between Needy and Jennifer in Diablo Cody's initial draft. As she was re-writing the script, she cranked the sexual tension up to eleven and included the aforementioned sex scene, before settling with the two of them kissing instead.

[amber]

Despite mixed critical reception, the film has gained a strong cult following over the years. It even garnered an unofficial musical in 2018.

[amber]

The demon who possesses Jennifer Check (Megan Fox's character) closely resembles a succubus (plural succubi), from Jewish, Christian, and Sumerian mythology/theology. It is said that succubi seduce men, and fornicate with them until they are "drained" (in the movie, getting "drained" could mean getting drained of blood instead of semen). Some possible examples of succubi are Lilitu (from Sumerian mythology), Lilin, and Lilith (both from Jewish theology).

[lena]

In the scene where Jennifer seduces Needy (before they kiss), Jennifer is wearing an "Evil Dead" t-shirt. Plus there is an "Evil Dead" poster on the wall of the bedroom which is center screen for part of the scene. Both movies have an evil force in the woods, that take possession of a young female, and that preys on school friends.

[jessie]

For the scene where Jennifer is swimming naked in the lake, Megan Fox wore a flesh colored bikini.

[kenzi]

Trying to capitalize on her rising popularity and sex symbol status, the studio wanted to promote the film by having Megan Fox do a live video chat on a porn website. Director Karyn Kusama was outraged and horrified by this suggestion. She refused to allow them to do this and didn't even tell Megan Fox about it because she didn't want to dishearten her.

[marc]

Diablo Cody wrote the screenplay for the film in 2006, the same year she wrote Juno (2007).

[wallace]

The "waterfall that goes nowhere" is the Devil's Kettle, at Judge Magney State Park in Minnesota. The water disappears into a glacial pothole.

[christina]

Adam Brody and Chris Pratt starred together in "The OC" 4 years prior to this film being released

[miriam]

Jennifer and Needy had more blatant sexual tension in the original script, as a reflection of teenage curiosity and experimentation with the same sex. They were even originally going to have a sex scene in the film.

[tamara]

Feature film debut of Megan Charpentier.

[kristina]

A Fall Out Boy poster is shown above Jennifer's bed before Needy enters the room to kill her.