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Diablo Cody: 'I'm obsessed with 'Heathers'
Published Sunday, Sep 20 2009, 18:22 BST | By Marcell Minaya
The Oscar-winning Juno screenwriter has admitted that the cult movie served as an "inspiration" for the creation of her second feature Jennifer's Body.
Cody told IFC: "I will definitely cop to taking inspiration from Heathers, for sure. I always say Heathers doesn't just inspire the things that I write; it inspires the way I talk to people. It inspired my life philosophy. I'm deeply obsessed with that film.
"I think Karyn, the director, wanted the movie to have a really vintage feel, and be reminiscent of the movies we grew up watching. I love modern horror movies, but a lot of them look a little flat, computerized and cold, just because we have all these wonderful high-tech tools now. I miss real buckets of blood, things flying around, practical effects and warm colour-palettes, and we wanted to get back to that."
Jennifer's Body is currently in US cinemas and is to be released in the UK on November 6.
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