How Jennifers Body Made That DISGUSTING Vomit Scene (Without CGI)

How Jennifer’s Body Made That DISGUSTING Vomit Scene (Without CGI)

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Jennifer’s Body, from director Karyn Kusama and writer Diablo Cody, featured an absolutely disgusting vomit scene – how did they pull it off?

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How Jennifers Body Made That DISGUSTING Vomit Scene (Without CGI)

Karyn Kusama’s cult classic, Jennifer’s Body, explored the pitfalls of demonic possession in an already vapid high school girl and grossed-out audiences with a sequence of black, projectile vomit – how did they accomplish this feat without CGI?

Initially released in 2009, Jennifer’s Body didn’t pick up steam until almost ten years later, when it became a cult classic. This was certainly no indication of the talent involved both in front of and behind the camera, as the film starred Megan Fox, of Transformers fame and Amanda Seyfried, who has starred in everything from Les Miserables to Mamma Mia! and even Ted. The script for Jennifer’s Body was penned by Juno writer, Diablo Cody, and director Karyn Kusama has been behind movies like Aeon Flux, The Invitation, and more recently, she directed Nicole Kidman in Destroyer. Kusama has also recently been tapped with directing Universal’s next Dracula movie after the success of standalone films within their Dark Universe, which was proven to be the proper path by Leigh Whannell with his 2020 take on The Invisible Man.

Jennifer’s Body explored the aftermath of a botched virgin sacrifice by members of an indie band when they attempted to murder high school student Jennifer Check (Fox) in order to achieve fame. Though the movie certainly borders on sharp, dark horror-comedy, one of the more horrific sequences is toward the beginning of the film, when Needy (Seyfried) discovers her best friend, Jennifer, in her kitchen after her attempted murder, raiding the fridge and exhibiting violent and other disturbing tendencies that point to things not being anywhere near normal.

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Jennifer’s Body: How The Vomit Scene Was Done

The vomit scene came upon audiences suddenly, with the emotional weight of Needy being traumatized by her childhood best friend being covered in blood, raiding her fridge in the middle of the night. Needy was already on-edge after being subjected to a massive fire at a local bar, Melody Lane, which went up in flames unexpectedly while she and Jennifer were attending a rock show. However, her concerns were amplified when Jennifer left with the band members, disappearing into their van willingly; though she seemed confident about the situation, Needy clearly wasn’t so sure about her friend’s decision.

However, the shock of the moment – Jennifer bloody, with torn stockings and a feral visage – came to a head when she started spewing black, unctuous vomit all over Needy’s kitchen floor, as well as all over her. The moment was frightening, disgusting, and simultaneously heart-wrenching as Needy ended up cleaning the mess after Jennifer left, clearly wondering what had happened to her friend and how it was even possible for her to be so suddenly inhuman and monstrous. Though the effect was brutal, it was relatively simple to pull off, and even sounded like it wasn’t that unpleasant for those involved. According to Fox, she was primed with a bottle of chocolate syrup, and did several takes where she screamed and sprayed the syrup out of her mouth, onto the floor and onto her co-star.

Additionally, a rig was created to go behind Fox’s ear, and tubing was applied to create a projectile effect for the fake vomit in the scene, achieved by Fox biting down on the tube, which rested near her face to complete the effect. While this sort of gag isn’t anything new to horror movies – in fact, it has become iconic in films like The Exorcist – the suddenness of the vomit coupled with the tar-like black texture of it added to Jennifer’s Body pulling off something even more vile without any CGI.

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