Jeepers Creepers (DVD)

Darry and Trish are two American teenagers driving home from college for a holiday. The road they are on is long and another driver in a souped-up van who they later discover disposing of what they think is a body. They decide to investigate, as only teenagers in horror movies do, and end up being terrorized by the driver, who turns out to be a supernatural being. It turns out that Darry has something that The Creeper needs [he's never named as 'The Creeper' in the film as far as I could make out, only in publicity material surrounding it]. I'm not going to ruin the ending by saying here what it is that The Creeper is after, nor how it relates to the title song 'Jeepers ...  Read the complete review

Creepers caused a big stir when it was first released with many people hailing it one of the greatest horror movies of recent years. Using the tried and trusted mythical monster story line that horror movies seem to have forgotten in favour of a few guys in masks and knives, Creepers brought new blood back into the genre. Don’t you just hate inconsiderate drivers? Trish (Gina Philips) and Darry Jenner (Justin Long) are driving back home from college and are about to encounter one of the most inconsiderate drivers in the world. Not wanting to get home fast Trish has requested they take the long way round so their journey has been a quiet, boring and uneventful ...  Read the complete review

Two university students - Darry Jenner (Justin Long) and his sister Patricia Jenner (Gina Philips) - are driving home for the holidays through an area of deserted countryside when they are almost run off the road by a spooky-looking old truck. Putting it down to the crazed antics of a madman they recommence their journey only to pass a ramshackle old church with a shadowy figure (Jonathan Breck) manhandling body-shaped packages from the back of (yes, you've guessed it) the truck that nearly killed them earlier. Unfortunately for Darry and Patricia, whoever was unloading this grim cargo saw them gawping as they drove past and jumps back into their truck with ...  Read the complete review

The film is about the devastating journey home two students take from college. They see someone or something throw a body into a tube that goes into a hole. They decide to go back and check it out - not a good idea! The film, in hindsight, was actually really rubbish. The fear comes from the tension of not quite knowing what it is or what it is going to do. Along with this the classic dark eeriness of everything and the pathetic fallacy combined with the sound effects give it a 'Creepy' and disturbing vibe. When you do actually see the 'monster' it is a bit of a let down because it is this bat like creature that bites, rips out and eats someone's ...  Read the complete review

At first blush, Jeepers Creepers might seem like just the latest in a long line of teenage murderer flicks. True, it has a lot of the stock elements - a high body count, a serial killer wielding some really sharp knives, cars that won't start, and characters who do the kinds of stupid things that only horror movie heroes would attempt. Nevertheless, Victor Salva's Jeepers Creepers is a cut above the average and, while it isn't quite solid enough to attain the status of a modern-day horror classic, the movie has some things going for it. Jeepers Creepers' most obvious flaw becomes obvious during its second half. The first ...  Read the complete review