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Feminine Horror Written by (2023-2024) Student Board Member Jean Halstead *Content warning: violence, abuse, sexism, assault, & cannibalism* Jenifer’s Body was met with a lukewarm response following its 2009 release, but looking back, it’s hard to believe this wasn’t by design. The film was marketed like any other irreverent, semi-erotic horror film, and attracted the respective audience. So viewers were understandably surprised to find that this film was instead a complex, angry, and gruesome depiction of young womanhood. Granted, it was not without sex, violence, and humor, but those elements were used to communicate a larger idea, rather than being [...]