Jeepers Creepers II (2003)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Victor Salva

Writers (WGA):

Victor Salva (characters)
Victor Salva (written by)

Release Date:

29 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

He can taste your fear.

Plot:

Set a few days after the original, a championship basketball team's bus is attacked by The Creeper, the winged, flesh-eating terror, on the last day of his 23-day feeding frenzy.

Plot Keywords:

Bus | Cheerleader | Fear | Nightmare | High School

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Ray Wise	...	Jack Taggart, Sr.
Jonathan Breck	...	The Creeper
Garikayi Mutambirwa	...	Deaundre 'Double D' Davis
Eric Nenninger	...	Scott 'Scotty' Braddock
Nicki Aycox	...	Minxie Hayes
Marieh Delfino	...	Rhonda Truitt
Diane Delano	...	Bus Driver Betty Borman
Thom Gossom Jr.	...	Coach Charlie Hanna
Billy Aaron Brown	...	Andy 'Bucky' Buck
Lena Cardwell	...	Chelsea Farmer
Al Santos	...	Dante Belasco
Travis Schiffner	...	Izzy Bohen
Kasan Butcher	...	Kimball 'Big K' Ward
Josh Hammond	...	Jake Spencer
Tom Tarantini	...	Coach Dwayne Barnes
Drew Tyler Bell	...	Jonny Young
Luke Edwards	...	Jack Taggart, Jr.
Shaun Fleming	...	Billy Taggart
Justin Long	...	Darry Jenner
Bob Papenbrook	...	Man in Station Wagon
Jon Powell	...	Older Jack Jr.
Marshall Cook	...	Boy
Joe Reegan	...	Boy
Stephanie Denise Griffin	...	Girl
Nick W. George	...	Other Team Member (as Nicholas George)
Phillip Currie	...	Other Team Member
Andrew Reville	...	Other Team Member (as Andrew ReVille)
Gil McKinney	...	Basketball Player
Julie Soper	...	Other Team Member
Darren Robertson	...	Other Team Member
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Largo Woodruff	...	Woman in Car (uncredited)

Directed by
Victor Salva

Writing credits (WGA)
Victor Salva		(characters)
Victor Salva		(written by)

Produced by
Francis Ford Coppola	....	executive producer
Kirk D'Amico	....	executive producer
Lucas Foster	....	executive producer
Tom Luse	....	producer
Bobby Rock	....	executive producer
Philip von Alvensleben	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Bennett Salvay

Cinematography by
Don E. FauntLeRoy

Film Editing by
Ed Marx

Casting by
Aaron Griffith
Linda Phillips-Palo

Production Design by
Peter Jamison

Art Direction by
Nanci Roberts

Set Decoration by
Linda Spheeris

Costume Design by
Jana Stern

Makeup Department
Germicka Barclay	....	assistant hair stylist
Roy Ceballos	....	shop foreman
Denise Fischer	....	assistant makeup artist
Elisabeth Fry	....	key makeup artist
Elvis Jones	....	makeup artist
Lori McCoy-Bell	....	hair department head
Brian Penikas	....	creature & makeup effects supervisor
Brian Penikas	....	key makeup effects artist
Tim Phoenix	....	makeup artist
Richard Redlefsen	....	assistant prosthetic makeup artist
Richard Redlefsen	....	creeper makeup and lead suit

Production Management
Robert Hackl	....	post-production supervisor
Debbie Hayn-Cass	....	unit production manager
Deborah Reissman	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Danny Green	....	second assistant director
Rick Kelly	....	second second assistant director
Mark Anthony Little	....	first assistant director
Barbara Lontkowski	....	second second assistant director
Tom Luse	....	second unit director
Tobijah Tyler	....	second assistant director
Stephanie P. O'Brien	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Zachary Alex	....	set dresser
Richard Cory	....	propmaker
Brendon Cowsill	....	set dresser
Tiffany Cowsill	....	set dresser
dooner	....	art department coordinator
Lorne Grant	....	assistant property master
Scott Herbertson	....	set designer
Steven Kerlagon	....	paint supervisor
Sean Langdon	....	set dresser
David Ross Lawrence	....	labor foreman (as David R. Lawrence)
Jonathan Melvoin	....	prop foreman (as Jon Melvoin)
Scott Nifong	....	property master: second unit
Noah Plunkett	....	greens
Steve Roll	....	carpenter
Tim Scheu	....	lead man
Andy Schoneberg	....	art department
Steven Seine	....	set dresser (as Steve Seine)
Kyle Simokovic	....	propmaker
Chad Simpson	....	paint foreman
Donald Spencer	....	propmaker
Erik Thomson	....	set dresser
Lee Thomson	....	set dresser
Jesse Valdez	....	stand-by painter
Joe Viau	....	set dresser
Kelvin Wright	....	propmaker
Richard K. Wright	....	property master
Todd Young	....	construction coordinator
David Forline	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve C. Aaron	....	sound mixer
Greg Barbacovi	....	adr recordist
Robby Bartholomew	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Clay	....	assistant sound editor
Paul B. Clay	....	adr supervisor
Paul B. Clay	....	supervising sound editor
Michael P. Cook	....	dialogue editor (as Mike Cook)
Craig A. Dellinger	....	adr editor (as Craig Dellinger)
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Bob Goold	....	dialog editor
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Stanley Kastner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Phil Lee	....	sound recordist
Donald Lyles	....	sound recordist
Mark L. Mangino	....	dialogue editor
Patrick O'Sullivan	....	sound effects editor
John Rotondi	....	sound engineer: Y4
Greg Stacy	....	sound effects editor
Dirk Stout	....	second boom operator
Lee Tinkham	....	foley mixer
Trevor Ward	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Dan Whiting	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Barry Crane	....	moldmaker
Derrick Crane	....	special effects crew
David Fedele	....	fabricator and lab technician (as Dave Fedele)
John E. Gray	....	special effects coordinator
Richard O. Helmer	....	special effects coordinator
Boyd Lacosse	....	special effects technician
Javier Lomeli	....	special effects technician
Karen Mason	....	fabricator and lab technician
Nicole Michaud	....	creature effects coordinator: makeup & monsters
Robert Pendergraft	....	fabricator
Robert Pendergraft	....	lab technician
Brian Penikas	....	creature & makeup effects supervisor
Brian Penikas	....	creature effects designer
Brian Penikas	....	special effects makeup
Tim Phoenix	....	fabricator
Richard Redlefsen	....	sculptor/painter: Makeup and Monsters Studios
Christopher A. Suarez	....	special effects technician
Erick de la Vega	....	fabricator and lab technician
Mark Viniello	....	foam runner
John R. Ziegler	....	special effects foreman
Dirk Rogers	....	corpse fabricator: Ghostride Production (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Jance Allen	....	visual effects artist
Kevin Baillie	....	CG supervisor
Brendan Bolles	....	match mover
Geraud Brisson	....	visual effects editor
Daniela Calafatello	....	creature models
YouJin Choung	....	visual effects
Paul Curley	....	visual effects
Michelle Deniaud	....	creature painter
David Emerson	....	opticals
Arin Finger	....	visual effects coordinator
Kameron Gates	....	character animator
Daniel Gloates	....	senior staff
Rainer Gombos	....	digital compositor
David 'Rudy' Grossman	....	creature supervisor
Jonathan Harman	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Matthew Hendershot	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Sarahjane Javelo	....	digital paint/rotoscope artist
Bomsok Ku	....	lighting technical director
Moonsung Lee	....	CG animator
Stuart T. Maschwitz	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (as Stu Maschwitz)
Ian McCamey	....	editorial supervisor
Nicholas McDowell	....	systems engineer
Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally	....	character animator
Yvette Memory	....	visual effects coordinator
Luke O'Byrne	....	visual effects producer
JaeWook Park	....	technical director
Alex Prichard	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Dav Rauch	....	visual effects artist
Jonathan Rothbart	....	visual effects supervisor
Jesse Russell	....	digital compositor
Marc Sadeghi	....	executive visual effects producer
Carsten Sørensen	....	senior staff: The Orphanage
Yuko Takeshita	....	visual effects assistant
Ryan Tudhope	....	digital environment supervisor
Kristi Valk	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Christopher Walsh	....	animation supervisor
Carl Walters	....	visual effects editor

Stunts
Elle Alexander	....	stunt double: Diane Delano
Chris Blackwood	....	stunts
Freddy Bouciegues	....	stunts
Bobby Burns	....	stunts
Heather Burton	....	stunts (as Heather Burton-Gibson)
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunt double
Clay Cullen	....	stunt double
Keith Davis	....	stunts
William Devital	....	stunts
Kiante Elam	....	stunts
Ousaun Elam	....	stunts (as Ousan Elam)
Jeremy Fitzgerald	....	stunts
Charles Grisham	....	stunts (as Charlie Grisham)
Jim Hart	....	stunts
Hollis Hill	....	stunts
Kanin Howell	....	stunts
Oliver Keller	....	stunts
Bret Kiene	....	stunt rigger
Lane Leavitt	....	stunt rigging coordinator
Steven Leavitt	....	utility stunts
Angela Meryl	....	stunt double
Chris Nielsen	....	stunts
Darrin Prescott	....	stunt double: Jonathan Breck
Austin Priester	....	stunt double
Scott Rogers	....	stunts
Monty L. Simons	....	stunt coordinator
Mike Smith	....	stunts
C.C. Taylor	....	stunts
Clark Tucker	....	stunt double: Travis Schiffner

Camera and Electrical Department
Gavin Aims	....	camera operator
Chad C. Barrow	....	rigging grip
Corwin A. Bibb	....	assistant chief lighting technician: Long Beach
Don Bixby	....	lighting technician: second unit
Dustin Blauvelt	....	camera operator
Thomas H. Boone	....	rigging grip
Gary Brostrom	....	key grip: second unit (as Gary A. Brostrom)
Gary Brostrom	....	key rigging grip (as Gary A. Brostrom)
Charles John Bukey	....	key grip
Henry L. Bukey	....	grip
Shane Buttle	....	lighting platform operator
Thomas A. Curran	....	grip
Louis DiCesare	....	gaffer: Long Beach
Wayne L. Duncan	....	grip
Tim Durr	....	electrician: Long Beach
Michael Fauntleroy Jr.	....	assistant camera
Michael A. FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera
Season FauntLeRoy	....	film loader
Sean P. Fickert	....	best boy
Rich Floyd	....	assistant camera
Stephen M. Foss	....	rigging grip (as Steve Foss)
Kerri Fouts	....	film loader
Steven Frohardt	....	grip
Michael Guthrie	....	grip
Craig Horwitz	....	set lighting
Jimi Johnson	....	video assist operator
Sunny Johnson	....	grip
Terry Kramer	....	electrician
Robert LaBonge	....	director of photography: second unit
Mike Macias	....	lighting technician
Daisuke Dice Miyake	....	grip
Jon D. Morrison	....	set lighting rigging
Jacqueline J. Nivens	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Jaqueline Nivens)
Michael K. O'Melia	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Gene Page	....	still photographer
Kevin P. Patterson	....	electrician: Long Beach
Tony Porto	....	grip
Ron Provenzano	....	set lighting
Rebecca Revak	....	assistant camera
Nikola Ristic	....	electrician: Long Beach
Steve Savage	....	rigging grip
Moulaye Sene	....	electrician: Long Beach
Alan Shultz	....	dolly grip (as Alan 'Moose' Shultz)
Mark R. Shultz	....	rigging grip (as Mark Schultz)
Bill Sordal	....	rigging grip
Robert Sterry	....	video assist operator: second unit
Wayne Swab	....	electrician
Chuck Turner	....	rigging grip (as Charles Turner)
Ron Vargas	....	first assistant camera: second unit
H. Mark Vuille	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Sande Alessi	....	extras casting
Kristan Berona	....	extras casting associate
Debbie Rothstein	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karen Hytten	....	costumer (as Karen S. Hytten)
Tron Morgan	....	costumer
Claudia Wick	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Geraud Brisson	....	first assistant editor
George Koran	....	telecine colorist
Frank Pass	....	colorist
Mark V. Phillips	....	assistant editor
Chris Regan	....	color timer
Yuko Takeshita	....	post-production assistant
Jim Williams	....	color timer

Music Department
David Bondelevitch	....	music editor
Brad Dechter	....	additional orchestrator
Marc Gebauer	....	scoring crew
Dominic Gonzales	....	scoring crew
Randy Kerber	....	orchestrator
T.J. Lindgren	....	score recordist
David Low	....	orchestra contractor
David Marquette	....	music recordist
Michael McCuistion	....	additional orchestrator
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Larry Rench	....	additional orchestrator
Lolita Ritmanis	....	orchestrator
Bennett Salvay	....	orchestrator
Jay Selvester	....	scoring crew
Kirsten Smith	....	scoring crew
Greg Townley	....	music designer
Brian Vibberts	....	additional score recordist
Christopher Violette	....	executive in charge of music: Myriad Pictures

Transportation Department
Hugh Kelly	....	transportation
P. Gerald Knight	....	transportation coordinator
Dan O. Wiseman	....	driver

Other crew
Carrie Arnold	....	production assistant
Joey Banks	....	set production assistant
Sam M. Cobb	....	production medic
Richard Cody	....	craft service
Jon E. Edwards	....	set production assistant
Melissa Elliott	....	title designer
Juliana FauntLeRoy	....	production assistant
Kristi Frankenheimer	....	location manager
Jeff Fuller	....	set production assistant
Patricia A. Fullerton	....	script supervisor
Barbara Gordon	....	dog trainer
Rena Hanover	....	production assistant
Julie Hansen	....	post-production accountant
Maxine Leonard	....	unit publicist
Justin G. Maguire	....	production assistant
John McAdams	....	set production assistant
Rosalyn McVay	....	production assistant
David Medrano	....	assistant accountant
Billy Parks	....	assistant: Mr. Foster
Kyle Pavey	....	set production assistant
Katherine Pittman	....	animal coordinator (as Catherine Pittman)
KB Pugliese	....	assistant production office coordinator
J.C. Rappaport	....	assistant: Mr. D'Amico
Leslie Romenesko	....	key assistant location manager
Jill Rosenblatt	....	assistant accountant
Debbie Rothstein	....	adr group coordinator
Linda Rowe	....	dog trainer
Denise Sanders	....	bird trainer
Anouk Schaff	....	assistant: Mr. von Alvensleben (as Anouk Schaaf Flood)
Eva M. Schroeder	....	assistant location manager
Julie Schultz	....	bird trainer
Freddy Sheinfeld	....	midi preparations
Leslie Silvey	....	production coordinator
Carol Sonheim	....	bird trainer
Mary Sunshine	....	production accountant
Tony Swatton	....	armorer
Mike Tristano	....	armorer
Ryan Turek	....	assistant to director
Buzz Visconti	....	first aid
James P. Warren	....	bird trainer (as Jim Warren)
William S. White	....	production secretary
Anthony Woods	....	production medic
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative (uncredited)
Micah May	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Tim Phoenix	....	double: Dante's corpse (uncredited)

Production Companies

• United Artists (presents)
• Myriad Pictures (in association with)
• American Zoetrope
• Jeepers Creepers II

Distributors

• Pathé Distribution (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• United Artists (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Italia (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Medyavizyon (2004) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (2004) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Pyramid (2003) (Russia) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2004) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (200?) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2004) (Finland) (VHS)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Tien (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Makeup and Monsters
• Orphanage, The (visual effects and animation)
• In-House Productions (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Enterprise Post  sound re-recording at
• Hollywood Rentals Productions Services  lighting equipment
• Image Resolution, The  titles and opticals
• J.L. Fisher  camera dollies
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music and sound design (as Joanne Kane Music)
• Millennium Sound  adr facilities
• Multimedia Sound Inc.  sound editing
• O'Henry Sound Studios  score mixed at
• Performing Animal Troupe  animals provided by
• TM Equipment Rentals  grip equipment
• Todd-AO Scoring Stage  score recorded at
• Viv Kim Negative Cutting Service  negative cutting

Also Known As:

Jeepers Creepers 2 (USA) (trailer title)
Jeepers Creepers 2: The Second Night (USA) (working title)
Like Hell: Jeepers Creepers 2 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence and language.

Runtime:

USA:104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Ontario) | Canada:18A (British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Sweden:15 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | Brazil:14 | Canada:18A | Chile:TE | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #39321)

Filming Locations:

Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

United Artists

Trivia:

Victor Salva says in his director's commentary that he nearly cut the scene were The Creeper 'flirts' with the teens on the bus, feeling that it might be too comical for the film. He was later glad that he didn't as it was a favorite scene with the screening audiences.

Goofs:

Continuity: When everyone has to get off the bus, Minxie gets up, but in the next shot she's sitting down.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Taggert: [yelling out to Billy, who's putting up scarecrows] Billy! Get number three up now. Don't come in to eat before you do. And check the other two! Make sure they're wired up good. I don't want them blowing over again the first big wind.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Day in Hell: On the Set of 'Jeepers Creepers II' (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Jeepers Creepers

OK sequel tries hard, but misses the mark

JEEPERS CREEPERS II

Aspect ratio: 2.39:1 (Panavision)

Sound formats: Dolby Digital / DTS

Stranded in a broken-down bus on a lonely country road, a group of high school jocks and cheerleaders are targeted by the monstrous Creeper (Jonathan Breck) who needs their body parts for the purposes of regeneration. But the Creeper hasn't reckoned on the tenacity of one of its earlier victims (Ray Wise), a grieving father seeking revenge for the loss of his youngest son...

Though crafted with technical precision and performed with gusto by a strong cast of newcomers and veterans, this disappointing sequel sacrifices the heartfelt emotional undertow of its magnificent predecessor JEEPERS CREEPERS (2000) in favor of bigger and splashier set-pieces. While it's as raucous and entertaining as one could hope for, it's also a surprisingly conventional effort from writer-director Victor Salva, whose best work (POWDER, RITES OF PASSAGE, etc.) has always focused on small groups of characters caught up in extreme situations. Here, his attempts to shoehorn deeper issues into what is essentially a popcorn movie seems forced and inconsequential, and he spreads his narrative concerns too thinly over a broad range of interchangeable characters: The elements of homophobia and racism which initially divide the young heroes - until they're forced to overcome their differences in order to survive the Creeper's onslaught - are rendered increasingly meaningless as the movie progresses, until they no longer have any direct influence on the wider storyline.

But Salva is too much of a craftsman for his movie to be a complete washout. The action/horror set-pieces are genuinely spectacular, and Breck camps it up superbly as the hideous Creeper, swooping out of the darkness to carry unsuspecting victims to their doom. Working in scope format for the first time in their respective careers (REAL scope, not that Super 35 rubbish), Salva and cinematographer Don E. FauntLeRoy conjure a series of startling images from the outset, many of them tinged with visual poetry: The golden cornfield in the opening sequence, where the film's first victim suffers an appalling fate (a genuinely horrific set-piece); the point-of-view shots from the Creeper's perspective as it swoops on fleeing prey; and the eerie calm of the closing sequence, which portends sequels to come. Salva's regular composer, Bennett Salvay, delivers a terrific symphonic score, as brassy and frightening as any in recent years, which serves to boost the film's dramatic appeal in no uncertain terms.

Wise, a late addition to the cast, dominates the film as an avenging farmer who is every bit the Creeper's equal in terms of strength and persistence, and he's given strong support by veterans Diane Delano and Thom Gossom Jr. The younger cast members are enthusiastic and talented, and it's a fair bet that some of them (Travis Schiffner, Al Santos, Nicki Aycox, etc.) will figure heavily in various Hunkiest/Sexiest lists during the next few years. Look out for a brief - but welcome - cameo appearance by Justin Long from "JC1". It may not live up to every expectation, but there's still much to enjoy in JEEPERS CREEPERS II.