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Jennifer’s Body was a critical and box office failure. Bilchert makes a case for why it’s so much more than B-grade trash, traces how it got short shrift, and chronicles its comeback in the wake of shifting attitudes toward women, abuse, queer love, and female friendship.

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Blichert’s writing has appeared in VICE, Paste Magazine, Xtra, Senses of Cinema, The Tyee, and more.
Features an original interview with Karyn Kusama, director of Jennifer’s Body.
While Jennifer’s Body was considered a failure at the box office, in the wake of the #MeToo movement, the film is receiving appreciation as a feminist horror film and is being reclaimed by the internet and critics alike.
The New York Times included Jennifer’s Body on a list of great horror movies directed by women, and if Jennifer’s Body came out today, it would be taught in cinema studies, film theory, and women’s studies.

Audience

Fans of “Bechdel Tested” movie trend
Pop culture buffs
Readers of Vulture, Vox, Paste, The Cut
Women 25+
Readers of Bitch, Bust, and online feminist publications
Fans of Halsey