Jeepers Creepers 2

Starring:Ray Wise, Jonathan Breck, Garikayi Mutambirwa, Eric Nenninger, Nicki Aycox, Marieh Delfino, Diane Delano, Thom Gossom Jr., Billy Aaron Brown, Lena Cardwell, Al Santos, Travis Schiffner, Kasan Butcher, Josh Hammond, Tom Tarantini, Drew Tyler Bell, Luke Edwards, Shaun Fleming, Justin Long, Bob Papenbrook
Director: Victor Salva
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

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Despite the usual symptoms of sequelitis, Jeepers Creepers 2 delivers the goods for those who enjoyed the 2001 original--a group large enough to propel this sequel to a record-setting opening in August 2003. While establishing the flesh-eating "Creeper" as a new horror icon with frantic action and more elaborate special effects, writer-director Victor Salva follows the traditional formula, dispensing with plot almost altogether and focusing entirely on threat, menace, mayhem, and gore. That's likely to disappoint horror fans hoping for a more revealing exploration of the Creeper's origins (room for another sequel, perhaps?), and by trapping nondescript teens in a school bus attacked by the Creeper, Salva severely limits the movie's overall potential. Still, there's something to be said for straightforward shocks, and Jeepers Creepers 2 delivers enough of them to justify its profitable existence. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

The best 2nd movie of Jeepers Creepers.......2007-03-06

This movie is still great!! I have Jeepers Creepers 1 and 2 looking forward to have 3 in the future!!

Acceptable sequel that hasn't learnt from the originals flaws........2007-02-16

I was quite excited to hear that "Jeepers Creepers" was getting the sequel treatment. The Creeper is a great character and deserves to get some more screen time, and while the first one certainly had its flaws, it was entertaining throughout, particularly during the first half. I was even more eager when I found out Victor Salva was directing once again, yet none of the original cast (apart from a cameo from Darry) took part this time round. Now that I've seen "Jeepers Creepers II" a couple of times, I have to say I'm somewhat disappointed. There's no doubt that Victor Salva knows how to shoot some intensely gripping scenes, but he hasn't learnt from any of the mistakes he made the first time round.

Once again, the movie starts off well enough. The opening scene is filmed really well and gives us a very good idea why Jack Taggart (played by the ever dependable Ray Wise) dedicates the rest of his life to bringing down The Creeper. From here we move to a bus carrying a gridiron team as they make their way home from the state championships. And that's where we stay for pretty much the next hour and a bit. The football team is filled with clichés. Tough guys, bimbo cheerleaders, racial tensions etc. etc. The movie becomes as much about the real-life bonding of the team for survival as it is about The Creeper's unstoppable killing resolve.

The best parts of "Jeepers Creepers 2" all involve The Creeper being on screen. He looks fantastically horrific and takes out victims quickly and efficiently. When he's there, things are exciting and unpredictable. But when he's not on screen, things drag out, with the constant bickering between characters and clunky dialogue really testing patience. But my biggest gripes are the same as they were in the first film. While The Creeper doesn't whistle the theme song this time round, the scene where he winks at intended victims and licks his lips just doesn't sit well with me. There's always this underlying sense of humour that I feel this series could do without. And then there's the psychic cheerleader! The psychic woman in Jeepers Creepers pushed the realms of cheap storytelling, but the cheerleader scenario crosses the line. One minute she's a normal, everyday cheerleader and the next she's a psychic that knows everything there is to know about The Creeper, his history and his purpose. Surely the writers could come up with a more realistic device for getting the story across.

Flaws aside, "Jeepers Creepers II" is an ok sequel. It's not as good as the first film but then not many sequels are, particularly in this genre. Some of the set pieces are enjoyable and worthwhile, but I still feel there's a better movie to be made with the story and The Creeper. In the meantime, this is acceptable, if not essential viewing.

This movie is cool..........2007-01-24

If you are a fan of the first Jeepers Creepers then this movie won't disappoint you at all. The special effects have improved as well as the look of Creepers too. The story is pretty cool and once again Jonathan Breck pulls off the part of "Creepers" playing him as a highly intelligent gargoyle that has a sense of humor!

Anyone that doesn't understand these movies or doesn't appreciate them for what they are is over-analyzing them. I give this movie 5 stars - it was totally entertaining!

I hope they don't make a third...for everyone's sake.......2006-10-09

Having watched Jeepers Creepers, and having been at least mildly entertained (if by nothing other than Justin Long's surprisingly good performance - i.e. when he "acted" scared, he really did appear to be genuinely scared), I thought I would catch this as it was on free TV.

I said Jeepers Creepers was a train wreck. If I have to hold on to that metaphor, then this must be the equivalent of the Titanic.

About fifteen minutes into the film, when there were dozens of "teenage" males running around without their shirt on (some for absolutely no apparent reason whatsoever), I came to www.imdbpro.com to see if David De Coteau was involved in this. Given that the production values were fairly decent, I was certain that he wouldn't be. For the uninitiated (count yourself lucky) De Coteau makes horror films that barely scratch the bottom of the "B" category in filmmaking, as every film that I've ever seen of his involves preposterously underdressed young men with equally preposterously builds doing "something" - even if it makes no sense whatsoever.

No, De Coteau wasn't involved with this, and I couldn't find any other ties between his movies and Victor Salva's (I didn't look too hard), but it still struck as being odd given that the majority of horror films that make it to the big screen involve lusty, young large bosomed girls having their shirts come off for no apparent reason.

What puzzled me was that this wasn't present in Jeepers Creepers. Anyway, enough of that.

In Jeepers Creepers there was a standout performance - Justin Long - that gave the movie an ounce of credibility. There was no such performance here, although cult fans of the TV series Popular would be interested to know that chemistry teacher Bobbi Glass was the bus driver.

So, the bus. The bus gets a flat on the highway because "it" (whatever it is - some kind of morphed locus?) pierces the tire with startling accuracy with what resembles Chinese star - except it's made of bones. They find two such things. One has a tooth in the middle, the other a bellybutton. Eek.

The movie is reduced to the kids who want to stay on the bus and the kids who don't. This is where any logic that may have existed falls apart. There's this giant winged creature, capable of ripping open the top of a bus (and car) and snatching people out like we would with a can of sardines. The bus doesn't sound too safe. It isn't. Neither is the open road...but there are people who think being out of the bus is better than being in the bus, and the kids actually have arguments about this that are supposed to be logical.

There are a few good cheap thrills, and the ending is more sad than anything else, but aside from that there's nothing to set this apart from any horror movie I've ever seen.

An okay sequel, not as good as 1........2006-06-27

Too bad the JEEpERs CrEEpers series had to end so soon. The storyline was a pretty funny one (in 1 it looked like the Creeper was making out with the severed head). This one had a good twist like the first, and was sort of funny. SCREAM is still my favorite slasher still, but these are also a good pair of slasher films.

Average customer rating:

The best 2nd movie of Jeepers Creepers
Acceptable sequel that hasn't learnt from the originals flaws.
This movie is cool...
I hope they don't make a third...for everyone's sake
An okay sequel, not as good as 1.

Jeepers Creepers II [Region 2]
Starring: Ray Wise , Jonathan Breck , Garikayi Mutambirwa , Eric Nenninger , and Nicki Aycox
Director: Victor Salva
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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