The 34th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 10 and September 19, 2009. The opening night gala presented the Charles Darwin biography Crea
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Jennifer's Body
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Jennifer's Body is a 2009 American comedy horror film directed by Karyn Kusama and written by Diablo Cody. Starring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, J. K. Simmons, Amy Sedaris, and Adam Bro
2009 Toronto International Film Festival
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One of the makeup designs in the film for Jennifer's mouth while the character is in demonic form. Fox explained that the jaw unhinges sort of like a snake's so that Jennifer can "fully envelop" her victims. Unlike a snake, the character has long, sharp teeth in order to tear the flesh from her victims' bodies as she eats them.
Seyfried (left) as Needy during the fire which leads to Jennifer's kidnapping, and Fox (right) as demonic Jennifer a month after the incident; the visual effects teams recessed the character's eyes and added a pinning effect to her irises, along with a variety of other musculature deforms to create the illusion.
Cody (center) at Jennifer's Body screening at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.