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Jeepers Creepers 2001
Written & Directed by: Victor Salva

Starring:


Ray Wise ....
Jack Taggart, Sr.
Jonathan Breck .... The Creeper
Jonathan Breck .... The Creeper/Bald Cop
Patricia Belcher .... Jezelle Gay Hartman

Special Appearances:


Eileen Brennan .... Cat Lady
Brandon Smith .... Sgt. David Tubbs

Release Date: München Fantasy Filmfest: July 21, 2001;Theatrical: August 31, 2001; Sitges Film Festival: October 12, 2001 (Spain); Bergen International Film Festival: October 20, 2001; Tokyo International Film Festival: October 21, 2001

*Photo's courtesy at www.outnow.ch

Rating:
The Plot:

Two bickering young siblings named Trish (Gina Phillips) and Darry (Justin Long) return home from a college break on a long road in a countryland down in Arizona.
They encounter an agressive driver in an old fashioned jeep as it speeds past them. Later on they encounter the driver dumping a body into a pipe an abandoned church basement and then the driver pushes them off the road. They then drive back up the road and go to the abandoned church and see if the victim is alive or not but he is barely alive and then dies when Darry discovers him. He spots other dead bodies too at the church while his sister keeps an eye out for the jeep.
They try to go to a cafe and call the police but the local pay hpone rings and Darry answers it. A lady warns them on the other end by a psychic named Jazelle Gay Hartman (Patricia Belcher) about the killer named the Creeper (Jonathan Breck) as she says she is dreaming what is going to happen to them and to run when they hear the song "Jeepers Creepers" playing on the radio or anywhere else.
While the police and the siblings try to go top the church the police are told that the church is on fire and then the Creeper lands on the police car and kills the police.
Trish and Darry discovers what the creeper is as he's not at all human as it eats human lungs so it can see and be a part of the corpse.
Then the Creeper constantly chases them down wherever they go but Jazelle tries to save them from it's evil clutches.

Bottom Line & Comments:

A great spooky film like Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Joy Ride. When you first watch the film you wonder who this killer is riding that old jeep and then it gets creepier when the killer isn't human and then encountering an estranged woman warning those two siblings if they hear the old song "Jeepers Creepers" to just run like the wind.
Plus there's strange goings on in a small town too
But through the whole film you wonder what is the point to all of this until you see the sequel as it explains why.

Acting:

Gina Philips and Justin Long have great chemistry together performing as twin siblings and make their performances seem real.
Patricia Belcher is great in her role as the psychic lady Jazelle who rties to warn the twin siblings about the Creeper as she seems like she's almost crazy but caring too.

Gore:

A body is sewed up.
A decapitated head of a cop lands on a road after being chopped off by the Creeper.
A prisoner in a jail cell is being eaten up by the Creeper.
The Creeper's hand tears through a police officer's chest.
The ending is a spoiler so you'll have to see for yourself what happens to Darry.

Directing:

Victor Salva is fantactic with his direction in the film making it a truly scary flick with his work on the Creeper played by Jonathan Breck.
He shows great camera scenes with him in the darkness and when he is disguised as a scarecrow at the Cat Lady's house as well as the creepy old armoured jeep terrorising the two siblings.
One of his best scene's was when Long's character falls into the pipe at the abandoned church's basement and finds a victim slowly suffocating to death.

Soundtrack:

I loved Bennet Salvay's music in this film with the sharp classical composing in it.

We also have a soundtrack by many artists from the good ole days like "Hush Hush Here Comes the Bogeyman" by Henry Hall and his Orchestra
"Peek A Boo" by Echo 3
"Where I'm Not" by Greg Hawks and the Tremblers
"If Only You Were Mine"
by The Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt
And of course "Jeepers Creepers" by Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing


Memorable Quotes:

Trish: The point of having a cell phone is that it works when you need it!

Darry: [about his cellphone] Don't worry I have a power cord for that.
Trish: Yeah, and I have a cigarette lighter, THAT DOESN'T WORK!

Trish: [after being attacked] What the hell was that guy's problem?
Darry: My guess? INBREEDING!

Darry: We have to get out of here.
Trish: No, let's stay and feed the birds.

[after running over the Creeper]
Darry: Is he dead?
Trish: They never are.

Trish: You know the part in horror movies when somebody does something really stupid, and everybody hates him for it? This is it.

[Trish and Darry pull up at the Cat Lady's house]
Darry: Come on, Trish, look at this place. Let's just keep going. I mean it, come on.
Trish: You don't wanna get help?
Darry: Help from who?
Trish: Let's just use the phone.
Darry: And call who?
Trish: I don't know.
Darry: And tell them what?
Trish: I don't know!
Darry: "Hey, bum-fuck police, I'm being chased by a guy who likes to pull tongues out of severed heads with his teeth. Is there a special extension for that?"

The Cat Lady: That's not my scarecrow.

The Cat Lady: You got ten seconds to get your ass out of my yard, and don't think I'm gonna tell ya twice!
Trish: Get the hell away from him.
Darry: What are you doing, Trish?
Trish: Get the hell away from him!

The Cat Lady: What the hell did you bring into my house?

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

Jezelle Gay Hartman: [to Trish and Darry] You've got something it likes... one of you.

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The DVD Features:

  • Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Commentary by: director Victor SalvaUnknown Format
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