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Summary: Had potential but lost it quickly
Review: I should have known better! Rarely can you hire a movie that has skipped the cinema and gone straight to DVD which is actually good. Sometimes it happens, but certainly not in the case of JEEPERS CREEPERS. The beginning is promising but the constant bickering between the brother and sister just got annoying. Justin Long's (the brother) aggression was very over the top too. Let's face it, the acting all over this film was appalling. The main problem with the film is the villain. The film loses total credibility when you see what he is - a bat-like figure with wings who hungers for human flesh, that tries to dress like a man. I mean, come on! I scanned through some scenes later on, so the film would finish more quickly. The best thing about the movie is that the brother gets knocked off in the end - he deserved it, for bickering with his sister so much!
Rating: 
Summary: 4.5 STARS!
Review: This is scary! Does mess up in a few spots, but when I go to see a horror movie, I'm not looking for excellent story telling or great acting, I just wanna get scared, and this movie scared me, and that is saying alot. Just ask my friends!
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Summary: God I hope they make a sequel!!
Review: That guy put the "BOOGIE" back in "BOOGIEMAN"! I could'nt sleep for a week!
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Summary: Where to begin...
Review: I'm not going to [complain] about the ending...I can even forgive the horrible plot and the inconsistencies (little annoying things like things moved etc.) in the beginning. But the straw that broke the camels back is that they killed derry!!!!!!!! Justin long was the 1 redeeming quality of this movie and they KILLED HIM! The best scenes in this movie were the ones with justin long with his shirt off (for about .5 seconds, but its good enough.) He is the only reason i would watch this movie again... you could watch the movie without the sound and just pant... in short= Plot sux, One of the main characters saves the movies worth, and then he dies..= 1 star + watching justins shirtless scenes in slow mo. = 2 stars
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Summary: Movie: 4/5, DVD: 1/5, Overall: 2/5.
Review: JEEPERS CREEPERS THE MOVIE: This was one of the best horror movies of last year. Starting like a road suspense film and making an interesting turn in going into the old 80's style monster genre, JEEPERS CREEPERS succeeds VERY successfully in making its audience exceptionally scared and totally intrigued. The acting, designs and shots in this movie are all very original and create an intense and dreading atmosphere. While it's not a masterpiece, JEEPERS CREEPERS is probably one of the most original thrillers you'll find these days. And you just can't forget that chilling final shot... THE SPECIAL FEATURES (this refers to the NZ Region 4 edition): Just a theatrical trailer. A good theatrical trailer, but that's all. Boo-hoo.
Rating:
Summary: One too many stars.
Review: The creeper was a gargoyle with a chemistry set. He drove that truck like a "bat" out of heck. He must also be a mechanic to keep the truck running. It was a very fuel efficient truck, or he has his very own endless fuel source. It's not like he is going to pull up to the local gas station, even though everyone in the movie is too stupid to notice him.
In short: This movie was an extreme waste of time.
More detailed: The chemist bat who never gets pulled over for speeding eats body parts of people to gain them for himself. The teenagers were idiots. They see the bat throwing bodies down a pipe and do they go and tell police? No, they go back and crawl in head first. FYI, the pipe was just a passage between the cellar and the upper level; why did it have water in it? The boy inside that grabbed his ankle would not have been alive. If you have your chest cut open like that, you die. The negative pressure that fills your lungs is neutrallized and you exsanguinate or asphyxiate.
The psychic was a really stupid move. She acted as a narrator rather than a character in the movie, and the make up was terrible. The bat was wearing contacts.
This movie was not scary at all, only startling. In the end, you're glad that the boy dies for being so stupid in the beginning. I'm sorry if I spoiled this movie for you, but if this prevents you from seeing this movie, then I've done you a favor.
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Summary: Ugh.
Review: Perhaps the only movie I've seen that deserves negative stars. Absolutely the most boring, banal, worthless, unscary drivel I've ever seen. The plot is absurd, the villain is ridiculous, and the acting is the most horrific aspect of the entire movie. The basic plot is that a brother and sister are driving in some backwater (of course) when they hit something (paging I Know What You Did Last Whatever...) and they stumble across some really ugly monster who feeds off people. Can they save themselves in time? Brr. Scary. Do yourself a favor and stay away. Far, far away.
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Summary: Surprisingly good
Review: Perfectly simple yet strikingly effective teen horror. In a genre overcrowded with tawdry offerings, this one's at least distinguished by an original premise and an unrelentingly terrifying villain. It helps enormously that the usual pack of too-beautiful-to-live teen monster fodder is nowhere to be found - and in its place we're given a likeable, credible brother-sister team. So instead of having you take bets on the order and ways in which five out of six photogenic friends will violently die, Victor Salva's screenplay actually has to provide a story and concoct some credible situations to imperil his endearing leads without killing them off too soon. And it works, especially under his assured direction. Exceptional scoring, good sound design and some snappy editing add the final touches to a nerve-wracking ride which only slightly loses its way towards the end. It might not please the most jaded slasher fans, but these days what possibly could? Worth a look.
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Summary: Something a little different
Review: I think what makes all of the old Universal horror films so timeless is that at the time they were released, there was nothing else like them. Think about it. When Bela Lugosi donned his cape in Dracula, vampires were still a new concept to American audiences. What was a werewolf, if not some old European folk tale? Who had ever pieced dead bodies together and brought them back to life before Frankenstein did it? Jeepers Creepers introduces a new monster. One that kills and consumes to regenerate itself. If we have seen this before, it was just in nibbles and sniffs. This movie is an eyes-open full-blown look into the face of a new creature in our monster pantheon. Jeepers Creepers was born in the late 1990's, early 2000's, when Wes Craven and his Scream franchise had rejuvinated the killer-with-a-knife formula that was started as far back as Psycho, distilled in the Texas Chainsaw massacre, and refined for the masses in Halloween and Friday the 13th. The previews for Jeepers Creepers sure give the impression of yet another tale of pouty, posturing teens stalked by a masked avenger with a knife who wants to punish them for their sexual transgressions. In reality, what Jeepers Creepers delivers is a throwback to the days when a monster was a monster and there were things moving in the dark. I just finished watching this film for the fourth time about 10 minutes ago and I realize there are some glaring holes in the story (i.e. how does a monster go to the DMV office and get personailized plates AND somehow get the lettering to be uneven and jumbled in a "crazy" way?). If you read my other reviews, you will notice I watch a lot of horror films. If you enjoy horror films also, then there is one thing you probably already know.. do not expect perfect continuity. If you watch an historical drama, then I guess you expect accuracy and continuity. In horror films, that isn't the case. To enjoy a horror film, I expect a few things. First, take me some place where I am uncomfortable. Make me question my safety. Make me feel that no matter what I do, I am going to meet with a gruesome end. Jeepers Creepers introduces us to the "Creeper", a new addition to the pantheon of classic horror figures. The entire story takes place during one fateful afternoon/evening, along a country road in (place you favorite southern state name here). It is hot. The characters are sweaty and you can almost smell them. The Creeper certainly can. The Amazon review tells most of the secrets of the film. If you are reading this, then what you really want to know is "why should I watch this movie? Well, all I can offer is that it is different. If you want a good, old fashioned monster flick, then by God you came to the right place. i would give this film 5 stars but there are those nasty plot holes, plus director Victor Salva was busted for "certain" crimes which I must protest. I must say that he did a fine job filming this creature feature though.
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Summary: Scary??? Wouldn't stake a friday night on it
Review: Good looking but strictly average modern day monster film about two naïve teens who are on the run from a gargoyle-like creature who needs to eat human body parts to regenerate tissue. Premise is smarter than the usual genre fodder, but an ultimately weak cast and sporadic direction stop this from becoming anything worthwhile. Director Salva obviously had ambition with this horror movie, which is just as uneven as his more adult film POWDER.
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