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.
On their way back home during the spring break, Darry and Patricia Jenner witness a mysterious person dumping something down a tunnel. Deciding to discover what was dumped down there, Darry discovers a huge disturbing hideout full of modified bodies. Darry and Patricia set off to get help, unaware that the individual is now aware of who has been down the tunnel. Darry and Patricia soon realizes that their pursuer is not just a mysterious person, but something even more horrifying, who has more in store than they could possibly imagine.
Written by FilmFanUK
The scene where Trish and Darry witness the Creeper dumping a body down a well by an abandoned church was inspired by the case of Dennis DePue, a former Michigan Property Assessor who murdered his wife and was seen by witnesses near an old school house with a bloody sheet. Two witnesses also recall DePue speeding past them in a van and eventually tailing them and riding their bumper for several miles. The case was also profiled on a 1990 episode of
Unsolved Mysteries.
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Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized:
Trish's car obviously has a manual transmission but at one point we hear the car shifting gear while her hands stay on the wheel.
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Quotes
Trish:
The first time I heard that story, I used to think this would be the road I'd die on. See more »
Crazy Credits
The Creeper's truck drives across the screen after the final credits roll
-- he's still hungry and searching the back roads.
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"Jeepers Creepers"
Written by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer Published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) Performed by Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing Appears courtesy of Pavilion Records-Topaz Label
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