Review of Jeepers Creepers (2001) by Melvin W — 06 Jan 2012

The Cat Lady: That's not my scarecrow. .

"Fear takes a road trip.".

First off, I should start by saying that every negative thing that has been said about Jeepers Creepers is totally justified. The characters are stupid(even by the genres standards), the movie tapers off after a terrific setup, and it falls into all to predictable jump scares and plot progression. With all that said, I still found it to be any enjoyable and cool horror film. I really did have a fun time watching it. It has just enough to keep it from being just another garbage, backroads horror movie.

What really keeps this movie alive Justin Long. He is a much better than the average actor that stars in a movie of this type. He keeps the movie watchable, even when it begins to breakdown. Also helping is a really cool villain. The Creeper has a great menace about it. It embodies what is great about a scary character. What's disappointing is that if the director hadn't have given a reason for what the Creeper was doing so early, it could have been even more effective. You never want to know too much about a character like this. I didn't really want a reason. .

Victor Salva does pull off some really cool scenes, and he shows an eye for cool camerawork. I loved the scene where "Jeepers Creepers" played on the inside of the main characters car, as we see the Creeper jump on the top of the cop car that is following them. Another cool, if unimportant scene, is where the Creeper is throwing bodies into the back of his jeep. We just see his silhouette in the darkness, then he slams the door and we are left in pitch dark for awhile, waiting. Then it opens, we see him again and he throws an appendage of some sort in and slams it again. .

Jeepers Creepers is one of those movies that I know isn't that good, but still it is a movie I enjoy and can watch multiple times. In order to like it you have to throw reasonable human behavior out the window, as these characters don't make one good decision throughout. Sometimes, they'll say what they should do, but... .