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Summary: Jeepers Creepers - A Fun, Scary, Thrilling Movie
Review: I loved Jeepers Creepers, a tale that gets under your skin and stays there for the most part. Critics didn't really seem to hate it. They thought it was good. I didn't see this in theaters. When it came out on DVD, I bought it. One, because I love horror/slasher movies. Two, because it just looked so cool. Here's the plot:Teen siblings, Trish (Gina Phillips) and Darry (Justin Long) are traveling home from college. They are bickering all the way. I loved the relationship between these two. It wasn't a boyfriend-girlfriend scenario. They were just brother and sister. Anyway, a beaten-up, old truck comes out of nowhere and trys to hit them off the road. The truck goes by and they continue. Further down the road, they see an old church. The same truck is there also. They see a cloaked figure throwing what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe. The truck chases them again, almost kills them, then drives back down the road. Darry decides to go back and see what was thrown down that pipe (not a smart idea!) They go back and Darry falls down the pipe. He finds a basement full of dead bodies that are crafted into the walls like a quilt. Trish and Darry go to a gas station where they hear a phone ringing. They pick it up and it is a psychic lady (we see her in the end). They talk about this figure and Darry and Trish are nervous after what they have seen and heard. Finally, cops come to the gas station. They take Trish and Darry and are headed back to the barn when the figure attacks the cops. This leaves Trish and Darry all alond. They finally reach a police station where they expect to hide. The figure, now known as the Creeper, comes every 23rd Spring to feed on humans (we are told this by the psychic). She says that the Creeper wants a certain body part from either Trish or Darry. She won't say who. The Creeper comes to the police station and kills a number of cops. Trish and Darry go to the top of the station where the final confrontation takes place... Put it this way. The ending will stick with you for awhile. I still couldn't believe what happened. The final image of the movie was very witty and clever. It was great. In all, this movie was very good. Sure, there was some plot holes, but who cares? It's a horror movie (a good one at that). Its first 40 minutes were very scary and the last part is an amazing cat-and-mouse game. So I recommend that you buy this movie. It's a great movie to watch on a dark night or on Halloween. Also, Jeepers Creepers 2 comes out August 29th. It has to do with a busload of cheerleaders, jocks, and coaches getting killed by the Creeper. Look it up at Hollywood.com. Also, I hear Jeepers Creepers 3 is in the works. Supposedly, it takes place in the Old West... G. Mike
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Summary: Jeeper's Creepers
Review: Jeepers Creepers is an old-fashioned spooker that owes as much to Steven Spielberg's Duel as it does to Tobe Hopper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre. When the film's terrifying Mr. Creepers starts shedding his skin, the film is compromised by cheeky climax best appreciated by fans of camp. Trish and Darryl are the poster children for the Curiosity Killed the Cat generation. They head back into Creepers territory once they've successfully dodged his road rage. Director Victor Salva keeps the excitement going despite fumbling with the been-there-done-that self-reflective humor. Surely, the film's rest-stop set piece must count as one of the more impressive moments of the year. Mr. Creepers plays tongue-hockey with a police officer's severed head. In the background: a sign celebrating the deliciousness of meat. Even at its most puerile, Jeepers Creepers has bite: Eileen Brennan is a hoot as the crazy cat lady, surpassed only by Patricia Belcher's eccentric psychic. The film has been tailor-made for the Fangoria crowd--not only is Mr. Creepers fond of sucking face but check out his human-maché Sistine Chapel. The anger, brutality and strange eroticism of the film's final confrontation between Darryl and Creepers suggest that a real-life bogeyman was working behind the camera.
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Summary: ...whered you get those eyes?
Review: This movie was Ok, not the best horror film Ive ever seen, but at the same time definatley not the worst. The movie starts out when two teens r travelling home on a desolate country back road and before they realize it a big truck nearly runs them over and speeds ahead. Although lots of people said this was rlly chilling and scary beggining i didnt find anything to creepy about it. Anyways later they drive past an old churh and see the truck parked in the driveway and they see the driver shoving what appears to be a few bodies down a pipe. The driver sees them and atempts to run them over this time but they escape. Although any sane people after that would go run away and call the cops these two decide to go back and look in the pipe. Due to the extreme brilliance of the screenwriters one of them falls down the pipe(thought u never saw that coming eh?)and discovers a chamber ful of bodies and horryfying secrets!...after this the movie starts to flop. Pretty much after this the guy who fell gets out of the pipe and the two drive to a diner. Before being able to call the police they get a call from a mysterious psychic and slowly start to learn the savage, horror filled story behind this demon that does this to people and why, I for one would of been much happier if it wasent some magical demon with wings and all, but instead a terryfying serial killer, but oh well u cant win them all. The plot was pretty good and of coarse there where some holes in it and I think that they could of explained what this beast was some more and the makeup and and bodies were not that realsitic, but besides that it had pretty good acting and everything else. So if your looking for some pretty good scary thrills and some good suspense then I suggest that you watch this. If your one of those people who hates monster movies then I suggest watching this up until the middle of it then turning it off. Im, looking forward to number 2!
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Summary: HIGHWAY TO HELL
Review: WHEN YOU TAKE A LONG MIDWEST ROAD TRIP YOU EXPECT RELAXTION ON THE DRIVE. NOT A OLD BEAT UP 40ISH TRUCK TRYING TO RUN YOU OFF THE ROAD. YOU EXPECT TO SEE PICKET FENCES CORN FIELDS, NOT A CLOAKED FIGURE THROWING WHAT LOOKS LIKE BODIES DOWN A SEWER PIPE. NOW AT THIS POINT IF YOU HAVE COMMON SENSE, YOU KNOW THAT SEEING SOMTHING LIKE THAT MAY GET YOU IN TO A LITTLE TROUBLE. WELL EXPECT ALOT OF TROUBLE IF YOU FIND YOUR SELF IN THAT SITUATION LIKE THE TWO TEENS IN JEEPERS CREEPERS. I THOUGHT THE MOVIE DID A GOOD JOB ON PREYING ON OUR FEARS OF THE BOOGEY MAN. I MEAN WHATS MORE SCARY THAN FINDING YOUR SELF IN A CHARNEL HOUSE WITH BODIES STACKED THE CEILING AND DISCOVERING TWO PEOPLE FROM A CHILD HOOD URBAN LEGEND ARE ACTUALLY REAL AND ARE AMONG THE DEAD. THROW IN WHAT SEEMS TO BE A DEMON WHO PREYS ON FEAR AND FLESH TO STAY IN OUR WORLD AND YOU HAVE A GOOD MOVIE. IF YOU LIKE HORROR MOVIES THIS IS A GOOD RENTAL OR A GOOD BUY ON AMAZON. OVERALL I LIKED IT, BUT THEY COULD HAVE DONE BETTER WITH ENDING.
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Summary: GOOD BEGINING OK ENDING
Review: at the very beginning it is really scary some big ... truck is chasing these people right then it finaly leaves them alon but right after you see the guy(from a far distance so you cant tell what he looks like)dump a bodie into this big hole thing in the ground then the guy looks at em(its really scary at this time).after then get all their stuff trown onto the ground at a gas station sorta thing they get tailed by cops to make sure they get to thier destination in 1 piece.but the moster jumps on the cop car(you still dont know what he looks like)throws one cop out the window and the other he sticks his hand through the cars roof grabs his head chops it off the he gets his van and throws his body in there then he grabs the severed head and bites the tongue outta the body.after they get help at this old lady.they ask to use the phone but before they get into the house the old lady says "where did that scarcrow come from?"or something like that.at that time she grabs her shotgun ... (you finally see the monster)it starts walking forward and kills the lady.but the end is [unsatisfactory] i have said enough i dont want to spoil this CREEPY movie.
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Summary: "....Where'd You Get Those Peepers...."
Review: The next time somebody says to you that road trips are fun, slap them in the face. After doing that, tell them to see this movie. I was not expecting much of anything since the movie got a horrible average rating. Don't let that fool you. The movie isn't great art, but it's wonderfully put together and delivers an hour and a half of innocent entertainment. A brother and sister are traveling back home for spring break. The brother's name is Darry(Justin Long), and the sister is Trisha(Gina Phillips). Their road trip seems to be pretty typical. Playing licence plate games and talking. They seem to hit on the subject that their parents' marriage is iin trouble, and that Trish's own relationship is over. Things go horrible when a big, dumpy looking truck begins tailing them on the highway. The truck scares them a little and then moves on. The siblings later see the truck parked at an abandoned church. A strange looking figure is taking objects wrapped up in sheets and dumping them down a pipe. After another cat and mouse scene between the two cars, the two go back to investigate, thinking they were bodies and that someone else may be alive. Once they find out that it was bodies that were being dumped, Darry also discovers that there are hundreds of bodies in this basement that are preserved and sewn up. From this point on, the brother and sister team struggle to contact help and to flee from this psycho. When they have an encounter with a psychic named Jezelle(Patricia Belcher), they learn of what is really going on. This monster is a regurgating monster that needs to eat body parts to stay alive. Whatever he eats, and you know what he eats, becomes a part of him. Every 23 years, he feeds. She also tells them that whenever the title song plays, something terrible is about to happen. It all ends with a climax that takes place in a locked down police station that was exciting and shot nicely. The movie was written and directed by Victor Salva, the man who did "Powder". He has a nice eye and give us some nice shots and fun angles with the camera. He really sets the setting and makes it eerie and intriguing. The film is pretty much straight terror, but there are some comical moments spread out here and there. While it's a film that can't be taken seriously, it appears to be a fillm that was taken seriously from Salva and his cast and crew. They wanted to put together an incredibly fun, thrill ride and they have done just that. It doesn't pretend to be anything else. It is what it is and it does it very competently. It delivers in the 'fun' category. The monster itself is very creepy, and very nightmarish. The make-up design of the creature was very good. The acting is all pretty solid. Gina Phillips, not only being beautiful in the classic sense, was a strong heroine. She was tough and ballsy. Justin Long did a decent job as her terrified brother. Veteran actress Eileen Brennan pops up as The Cat Lady, in a set piece that's one of the better ones. Jonathan Breck plays the monster. He does a good job in bringing out the creeps in the role. The film differs from horror films of the last few years. While it was praised as being away from the "Scream" era, it really isn't. There are some lines in the film that would of been right at home in any of the "Scream" films. Plus, these are two different types of films, and shouldn't be compared. "Jeepers Creepers" was a lot better than I thought it would be. If I had listened to bad reviews and the low average rating, I would have missed out on a pretty fun and entertaining film. I was pleasantly surprised. I think any fan of films like this would be too.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE!
Review: I see horrer movies very frequently and I could only find a few that scared me. Jeepers Creepers is one of them! This movie is about two siblings that find a demon. The demon then comes after one of them. This movie was very creative even though there wasn't a definite ending. Another horrer movie I would recommend is The Ring. The Ring is another one that will REALLY scare you! As for Jeepers Creepers, I think everyone should buy it or at least see it.
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Summary: One of my favourite films of 2001
Review: Jeepers Creepers is a throwback to the slasher films of the 80s,without it being a slasher film.Director Victor Salva(Powder)I believe brought us a different kind of horror picture,one that doesn't really relie on gore that much but on imagies.The movie starts out with siblings Darry (Justin Long) and Trish (Gina Philips)are driving home for spring break and are nearly run off the road by a manic in a old beat-up truck with the coolest lisecne plate B-EATNG-U and later on to find him shoving/throwing what looks like a body down a sewer pipe at an old church.After the driver of the truck tries to run them off the road again,Darry and Trish decide to go back to the church to see if anyone needs help,what they discover at the bottom of the pipe is far worse then they could have ever imagined and now the creeper as his sights set on the siblings.The design of the creeper(played by Jonathan Breck)is a really neat,new and fresh look to see.There are alot of twisted scenes like the tounge scene for example.I had a total blast watching Jeepers Creepers in the theater,I love the thrill of being scared and this was one of the most stylish horror films I've seen in a long time.
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Summary: The worst excuse for a 'scary movie' I've ever seen..
Review: When I went to a sleepover with some of my 7th grade friends, they pulled this movie out of the DVD shelf and promised me it would be the "scariest thing I had ever seen in my life." I was so excited to watch this movie in the beginning but the end was such a dissappointment. I never want to see it again. The movie begins with two college students, a brother and sister, in a car driving down a desolate road in the middle of nowhere to visit their parents. After seeing no cars for hours, they are suprised to hear the beeping of a truck horn behind them. Looking out the rear view mirror, they see a rusty old truck with foggy, smudged windows swerving across the road. The driver tries to rear-end them, but they manage to escape just in time. The truck displays an eerie license plate. I personally think this was the scariest part of the movie, though it just went downhill from here. They come in contact with the truck later on as they see a shadowy cloaked figure in the backwoods of a church, dumping large canvas bags covered with blood into what looks like a sewer. They go back later to see what they are, and find a gorey, distgusting surprise in the basement of the church. If you consider blood, gore, and disturbing images to be scary and absolutely fightening, then you'd better not watch this movie. I personally think all of those things take away from a movie that promises to be scary - I find them all gross! The ending is also something that will end up having you throwing this movie back onto a shelf and leaving it there forever. As my friends screamed in horror around me while watching "Jeepers Creepers," I just sat on the bed in astonishment to how bad this movie was, I had to wonder, was this movie not scary, was I not easily frightened, or are my friends just the opposite of myself? I do not reccommend this DVD to anyone. It is a waste of time and money!
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Summary: Could Have Been......
Review: I'm going to have to agree with the reviewer from Greece below - this film HAD potential. The first half, with 'Duel'-like cat-and-mouse game as well as the menacing figure of the Creeper dumping bodies into the sewer worked very well. The church added a nice, gothic touch and the rural setting pumped up the atmosphere very nicely....then....well.....things started getting really stupid. The Creeper, once revealed, looked really unconvincing - looked like a guy in a mask. The plot got pretty convuluted and silly, offering answers with no explinations/back story other than to move the plot along. It became, just like past reviewers said, a C-Grade horror flick at best. Dumb dialouge, dumb effects, dumb all around, Jeepers Creepers became a poor man's Nightmare on Elm St, barely rising above that franchises tired sequels, and it really failed to live up to it's first half hour of potential.
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