Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Director:

Victor Salva

Writer (WGA):

Victor Salva (written by)

Release Date:

31 August 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Fear takes a road trip.

Plot:

A brother and sister driving home for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature in the isolated countryside that is on the last day of its ritualistic eating spree.

Plot Keywords:

College | Demon | Pipe | Cat | Church

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Gina Philips	...	Patricia 'Trish' Jenner
Justin Long	...	Darry Jenner
Jonathan Breck	...	The Creeper / Bald Cop
Patricia Belcher	...	Jezelle Gay Hartman
Eileen Brennan	...	The Cat Lady
Brandon Smith	...	Sgt. David Tubbs
Peggy Sheffield	...	Waitress Beverly
Jeffrey William Evans	...	Restaurant Manager
Patrick Cherry	...	Binky Plutzker
Jon Beshara	...	Officer Robert Gideon
Avis-Marie Barnes	...	Officer Natasha Weston
Steve Raulerson	...	Cellblock Officer (as Steven Raulerson)
Tom Tarantini	...	Austin McCoy
William Haze	...	Officer with Hole in Chest (as William Hasenzahl)
Kim Kahana	...	Camper Driver

Also Known As:

Here Comes the Boogeyman (USA) (working title)
JEEpERs CrEEpers (USA) (video box title)
Jeepers Creepers - Es ist angerichtet (Germany)
Jeepers Creepers - What's Eating You? (USA) (poster title)

MPAA:

Rated R for terror violence/gore, language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

90 min | Finland:91 min (DVD) (2002) | Finland:87 min (VHS) (2002)

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Finland:K-15 | USA:R (certificate #38147) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:M (Cable TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Bushnell, Florida, USA

Company:

United Artists

Trivia:

Director Victor Salva wanted the countryside settings for the film to have an eerie quality about them. However Salva said that the Florida filming locations were so beautiful that often times the footage for the film would have to be darkened down to give the locations a more menacing appearance.

Goofs:

Continuity: Cat Lady has a double barreled shot gun. She fires one shot at the "scarecrow". After going inside the house two more shots can be heard.

Quotes:

Trish: We were just attacked, Darry!
Darry: And you don't even want to find out why?

Movie Connections:

References Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Soundtrack:

Peek-A-Boo

Entertaining, but not all that

I found parts of this movie, mainly the beginning to be very promising. I really thought that it was going to be an 'on the edge of your seat' horror film and the opening had all the tension and weirdness that one needs to set that kind of atmosphere. But as the movie progressed, even though it never sunk to being bad or even mediocre (no Friday the 13th B.S. here), I think it became a little bit of a disappointment because it didn't live up to the promise that it made in the beginning. And although I like to let my mind fill in the blanks, there was a lot that went unexplained that made it so that I wasn't really satisfied by the time it finished. I didn't recognize the names of the actors or the director, and they were neither here nor there for me - that's not to say that I thought the performances were bad, they definitely were fitting and on the mark for the genre. It's just that they didn't really stick out for me.

All of the above being said, if the movie was on cable on a cold winter night, I'd probably relent and watch it again - it's certainly better than most in it's category, but would I recommend it as a 'great' film? No, probably not.