Review of Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) by Shakhawat H — 01 Jan 2010

Ladies and gentlemen, I don't think I've ever laughed *this* hard at an unintentionally funny movie ever. I'd like to know first of all how this movie/script got approved? Upcoming screenwriters (especially in the horror genre) need no fear of having their stuff filmed now.

The acting was just laughably awful. There's no other way to put it. The dialogue was pretty ridiculous as well. The Creeper thing actually did creep me out for the first few moments that I saw his face. Then I started laughing at his mullet and all was over. The kids are so unbelievably stupid that I just wanted to die. One kid, while trying to sneak past the Creeper's wing, stands right under it and starts playing with it right before the wing wraps itself around him and kills him. Another kid, even though it is clear that the Creeper is trying get HIM, is almost always the first to go off alone and investigate what this thing is doing. In another instance, three kids hotwire a pick-up truck and speed off only to be pursued by the Creeper in-flight. For whatever reason, one of the characters is sitting in the open bed of the truck as this thing is chasing them while the other two are in the cap, even though there is clearly enough room for the 3 of them to squeeze in. It's ridiculous.

This movie also sets the bar high for most homoerotic moments among male cast members in a horror film ever. The guys walk around shirtless for absolutely no reason whatsoever. They then lay out on the top of the bus and sunbathe together like women, while the *actual* girls go off and smoke cigarettes. Later, they stand shoulder to shoulder in a HUGE field and pee next to each other, then one of the guys proceeds to try to pee ON the class nerd. That same guy, by the way, has completely, unnecessarily stripped himself of all clothing in order to pee next to his comrades. He stands right next to the film's token gay guy and questions his sexuality-- while he's standing right next to him, naked and urinating. After one of the characters is killed, his headless body is thrown back into the bus and flails around for a moment before falling dead. One of the guys proceeds to root through his front pockets, for what I can't remember. But it deserves mentioning that the decapitated body was shirtless (of course) and his jeans were unbuttoned. THEN, the Creeper licks the glass when he sees one of the guys on the bus. There also appears to be a vagina on the creature's face that opens and closes sometimes. Not even kidding. I couldn't make this stuff up even if I tried.

These moments made me think back to the first "Scary Movie", when Shawn Wayans' character is wearing that tight, lemon-yellow tanktop and asking, "Hey, dawg, does this shirt make me look gay?" right before tying the shirt up over his midriff and strutting off. I didn't get the point of that spoof until after seeing Jeepers Creepers 2. So thank you, JC2.

I really hope that this movie wasn't taking itself seriously in ANY way at all. The wannabe Creeper-hunter (a farmer with a homemade harpoon) was the worst, most ridiculous vigilante-esque guy I'd ever seen. I laughed so incredibly hard at his first attempts to harpoon the Creeper because he only served to muff things up even more. He had no plan and it pretty much showed throughout the entire sequence.

The only reason this movie didn't get just 1 star from me was because it successfully made me laugh and therefore my friends and I had a great time watching it and making fun of it along the way.