Related: Maniac Cop Origin & Backstory Explained: How Matt Cordell Became A Murderer It would seem there's still hunger for more Jeepers Creepers from some, although the permanent controversy surrounding franchise writer/director Victor Salva - a convicted sex offender - will likely preclude a fourth film from happening. The most recent sequel, Jeepers Creepers 3, only got a limited theatrical release, but still managed to haul in a healthy $4 million in ticket sales. Jeepers Creepers 2 was also a box office success, although it's never been quite as appreciated by horror fans. Upon its 2001 release, Jeepers Creepers earned nearly $60 million on a budget of $10 million, making for quite the return on investment, despite middling reviews from critics.
While the Jeepers Creepers franchise has never managed to hit the heights of the first film again, it's important to remember just how popular that film was once upon a time. An original horror film, but seems to give an incomplete story.The 2001 horror hit Jeepers Creepers introduced fans to The Creeper, a terrifying monster that harvests and eat the organs of human beings. And demons drive trucks and dance to jeepers creepers. I guess that we will just have surmise that he is a demon that kills because he is a demon and that is what demons do. Just some FYI for you: the sequel to this movie, which really blows, doesn’t inform you about his history either. You don’t know what he is or why he is killing people when it is all over, and the ending when he is sort of dancing to the song “jeepers creepers,” you are left confused. I really liked the look and the presentation of the villain, but if you are curious about his history, you will not discover anything. This flick builds up the anxiety from the beginning with the Creeper’s road rage to the escape from the church, to the police station showdown. The characters are compelling, with the exception of that tank ass that knows everything…I really disliked her. In the end, this movie is interesting and original. Trish tries her hardest to save her brother’s innocence by saying “you want me,” but the Creeper knew what he wanted and flies away with Darry to his secret lair. In the end, we find out that the Creeper fancies men, claiming Darry as his own. The showdown at the end at the police station is pretty interesting and fun and when the team of heavily armed cops confront the Creeper, it’s pretty neat. She knows that “The Creeper” only wants one of the two, and now the question was: Which way does the Creeper swing? Jezelle (Patricia Belcher), some tank ass that has some psychic ability saw the arrival of the duo and does what she can to warn them and prevent their deaths. You need one of those in every horror movie. There are many neat scenes and we even have one person, who is considered crazy by the town, that knows the truth. One of the coolest scenes is when we see “The Creeper” standing on top of the police car that is following Darry and Trish as they drive. They are dealing with some sort of demon that can fly and that vehicle surfs like Michael J.
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The duo get the heck out of there and catch up with the police to report it, but they are not dealing with your run of the miller serial killer. Darry actually climbs into the pipe, slips down and ends up in the basement of the church, where he sees all sorts of bodies, strung up on the walls. They walk over to the pipe where the bodies were being tossed, but they have to be sure. There were no pictures of Harrison Ford hanging in the killer’s bedroom.ĭarry and Trish pull a typical horror movie move and investigate the home of this killer. The producers didn’t go that route though. As they drive by, they catch the notice of the evil Indiana Jones guy, and now he’s back in his truck and wants to really hurt them.ĭarry (Justin Long) and his hot sister, Trish (Gina Philips) are now being hunted by what they believe to be a crazy guy, perhaps with an Indiana Jones fetish.
It catches you by surprise and puts you right into the action.Īfter they nearly get ran off of the road, they drive past an old church where a big man in an Indian Jones’ hat is throwing bodies down a pipe. The movie begins with a “Night of the Living Dead” feel with the 1950s car and the long and winding roads, and the film immediately takes off. A brother-sister combo on a road trip suddenly encounter a huge truck that begins trying to run them off the road, apparently.