Jennifer’s Body, the 2009 horror-comedy starring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried, is due to leave Netflix in the United States ahead of its planned sequel. Its departure matters because the film has grown from a box-office disappointment into a prominent cult favourite, praised retrospectively for its feminist and transgressive take on teen horror.

Written by Diablo Cody after her Oscar-winning success with Juno, the film follows a high-school girl who becomes a literal man-eater. It earned about $30 million worldwide against a reported $16 million budget and initially received mixed reviews; it currently has 47% from critics and 36% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.