Jeepers Creepers (2001)

A brother and sister driving home through isolated countryside for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature which is in the midst of its ritualistic eating spree.

Director:

Victor Salva

Writer:

Victor Salva

Stars:

Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gina Philips	...	Trish
Justin Long	...	Darry
Jonathan Breck	...	The Creeper
Patricia Belcher	...	Jezelle Gay Hartman
Brandon Smith	...	Sergeant Davis Tubbs
Eileen Brennan	...	The Cat Lady
Peggy Sheffield	...	Waitress Beverly
Jeffrey William Evans	...	Manager
Patrick Cherry	...	Binky
Jon Beshara	...	Trooper Gideon
Avis-Marie Barnes	...	Trooper Weston
Steve Raulerson	...	Cellblock Officer (as Steven Raulerson)
Tom Tarantini	...	Roach
William Haze	...	Officer with Hole in Chest (as William Hasenzahl)
Kim Kahana	...	Camper Driver

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

demon | record player | wings | monster | scarecrow | 

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Taglines:

He's watching... He's waiting... He's hungry...

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

MGM Official Facebook

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 August 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Here Comes the Boogeyman

Filming Locations:

15150 NW Gainesville Road, Reddick, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$15,831,700, 2 September 2001, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$37,904,175

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$59,217,789

Company Credits

Production Co:

United Artists, American Zoetrope, Cinerenta-Cinebeta

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In portraying the character of "the cat lady", Eileen Brennan wore cat-shaped slippers and the scarecrow that the old woman owned had a cat face.

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Goofs

Jonathan Breck's skin is visible around the Creeper's eyes (there is no eyeliner to match the monster's skin).

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Quotes

Trish: Christ, do you think they even have a phone?
Darry: I'm guessing no phones and a lot of guns.

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Crazy Credits

Will Hasenzahl is credited as 'Office with Hole in Chest', and not 'Officer with Hole in Chest'

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Alternate Versions

Special Edition DVD contains a supplemental section featuring numerous scenes that were deleted or shortened. They include:

• Slightly altered opening scene; also includes some additional dialogue in which the kids talk about their mother.
• A longer sequence the Creeper eating the tongue (which was originally trimmed to avoid an "NC-17" rating).
• The initial scene inside the church basement is slightly extended.
• Longer sequence inside the car on the way to the diner.
• Longer strip-a-cop sequence.
• The scene where the Creeper attacks the kids in the road (after killing the Cat Lady) is slightly extended.
• Longer phone call home.
• Longer sequence of the Creeper entering the police station.
• An alternate ending in which the final shot in the theatrical ending was more of a subtle insinuation that a graphic display of what happened.

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Connections

Referenced in Bones: Harbingers in a Fountain (2009)

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Soundtracks

Where I'm Not
Written by Greg Hawks
Performed by Greg Hawks & The Tremblers
Courtesy of Yep Roc Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

User Reviews

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.