Jeepers Creepers

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Summary: Two different movies... definitely!
Review: Well, I think this movie has one single reason for being worth seeing: I had never seen such a good plot fall down so bad!!

The reason I say this movies is actually composed by two different movies is simple: The first half of the movie is one of the creepiest, scariest and best-done of the last couple of years. It really scares the [stuff] out of you, and it also takes some well-known formulas from well-known classic horror movies. In a nutshell, the first half of it rocks!! So, I give 4 (maybe 5 stars) to Jeepers Creepers' first half.

I bet you would have never imagined a movie with such an amazingly created atmosphere could end up as bad as it did. The reason?? Well, what we don't know and can't see scares us the most... so, when the director decides to show the boogie man's flesh & blood, it all falls down. Not only because of the unbelievable way the plot ends, but also because of the horribly corny scenes --such as "no please! don't take him! take me! choose me! not my lil'brother!"-- gosh! it was so annoying!!

So, this second half of the movie earns 0 stars. And this fact (earning 4 stars in the 1st half, and 0 in the 2nd) is maybe a good reason for watching the movie. Again, I had never seen a movie break in two as this one did.

Hope this review is helpful.

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Summary: Well...
Review: I really think that this movie is good for the beginning and middle, but towards the end it gets too predictable.
The movie has a OK plot but it gets stuck between 2 plots and goes back and forth so you really don't know the story.
The brother and sister are really good actors and their exspressions are ones that a blind man could see.I'll give it a 4.

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Summary: Jeepers Creepers......
Review: I finally saw Jeepers Creepers today, and it was pretty bad. It was really good until the Darry kid went into the basement of the church and they showed close ups of the bodies. They were really fake and basically looked plastic. But the first 45 minutes of the movie was really good. But then it got kind of stupid and then continued down that road until it finally ended. Most movies end with some feeling of closure, but I would say that this was the worst ending of a scary movie that I have ever seen. I wouldn't recommend this movie, unless you don't want to be scared and just want a semi-suspenseful movie.

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Summary: Above average Lovecraftian horror yarn
Review: Arguably, the best thriller since 'Halloween'. Direction is often inspired - a torch illuminating something for the audience that the protaganist cannot see, the out of focus approach of lights unnoticed by another. Other times crass, such as the discovery of the rifled laundry at the diner. The stop-start nature of the action coupled with a plot revolving around a foregone conclusion prevents a head of steam from truly building, but yields other quirky rewards especially in the mordant humour. The background of the director gives this occasionally terrifying film a nasty edge that makes me feel guilty for liking it.
The original ending is included as an extra, and is to my mind subtler and more terrifying than the more explicit ending we eventually arrived at. Perhaps, rather patronisingly, they didn't think the audience would 'get it'.

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Summary: Jeepers this movie [stinks]
Review: I saw this movie in the theater a couple of weeks after it was first released. The theater was almost completely deserted.It started off well... but when straight down hill after that. Characters in these movies always do dumb things, right? These kids do so many stupid things that you don't feel sorry for their fate anymore.Maybe it's me, but I feel that the characters should have some control over the outcome of the film. It becomes apparent just over half way through the movie that there is no way to kill the monster, who not only drives the fastest truck you've ever seen but can also fly.There are so many holes that are not explained in the script. A few are expected. But this was ridiculous. How does the old, seer woman know what she knows. Most importantly what does it mean to the kids who are being hunted by the creature. She was just a way to get part of the story out without having to shoot more film.I have since warned people in the theater to see other movies instead. Now, I warn you innocent reader. Watch anything but Jeepers Creepers.

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Summary: The Perfect Scary Movie!
Review: O.K., I've watched it about a dozen times now since I bought the DVD(immediately after having seen it the first time), and I'm convinced that there is absolutely nothing to complain about in this flick! It's perfect! Scary, dark, beautiful, professionally crafted, involving, trim, . . . . all the things I said about Pumpkinhead years ago. I really, really like this movie! I'd like to gab a good long while about it, but I'm gonna watch it again(I just finished watching it once tonight!) It's perfect! PERFECT!...

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Summary: A Bit Confused Modern Answer to Old-fashioned Horror Films
Review: For all virtually unknown actors of the film, Japanese release of "Jeepers Creepers" was a national-wide, theatrical one, which is surprising, even considering the fact that it has got the U.S. No.1 position of weekend box-office chart. But the reason was to be soon clear: for the film was executive-produced by Francis Ford Coppola, and on the Japanese poster his name was printed prominently, as if Coppola himself directed this work. I wish he did.

Justin Long and Gina Philips are ordinary pair of a brother and a sisiter on the way home until they saw a lusty brown truck rushing from behind. Not a usual sight on the country road, you know, and nearly they got killed by this spooky truck flying like a bat from hell, they get duely curious. It ia a foolish thing, of course, but as some wise guy said long time ago, to err is human. So, they decide to stop the car in order to get a good, clear peep into the place where the truck pulled over. But wait a minute, the driver might be someone you should never meet, someone not very friendly.

"Jeepers Creepers" is, indeed, a scary movie if you could devide the whole work into three parts, and see them one by one. In fact, the film's script is made as if having three segments, each of which shows this weird "driver" in point in different forms. However, this is the part where many inveterate horror flick fans' opinions divide; some say the film changes its rules too much, making it a nonsense in the end; others say it is a unique, good, old-fashioned horror movie. The truth is, the director Victor Salva ("Powder") gives his own visions as a homage to old, classic genre films -- thriller, horror, monster flick, respectively -- but fails to hold them together with a tight grip. Each scene is shot with a keen eye to details, to be sure, and the introduction of "Jeepers" is really a knockout scene: just look at a dashing truck coming suddenly from the back of the car, which surely gives you a genuine thrill.

However, the stylish visuals of the film is made, sacrificing its storyline, which eventually recedes into a series of simple homages to films in the past. The first part is clearly inspired by Spielberg's "The Duel"; the middle part with ominous ravens is a homage to Roger Corman productions like Poe's adaptation; the final chapter, showing a winged strange craeture, naturally reminds us of the monster flicks made in the 40s and 50s -- such as "The Thing" as you may remember. The total effects of the film, therefore, never go beyond that of those past masterpieces, and as a result, its shocking wrap-up scene seems to be covering up the fact that the script of the whole film needs re-writing, which would have definitely saved this rather uneven, illogical horror film from being what it is.

The two leads are good, if not particuarly superb, showing exactly a realistic bond of sister/brotherhood, and Eileen Brennan's cameo adds a propelling power that "Jeepes" sometimes lacks. I know there's a plan of sequel, but hope they take more time to produce it next time.

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Summary: jeepers not creepers
Review: i saw this movie about a week ago and i thought it to be overall rather poor. sure, it started of well, despite heavily borrowing from other movies of the same genre (see other user reviews) but still, the first 3/4 of an hour i thought were very well done. the chase and the church were both pretty good, even though the church was rather fake in terms of SFX. but anyway, it was watchable.
but after we saw the 'creeper' in full, or rather, in full in the dark, the movie got bad. the effects were not great (escpecially the severed heads, they were really fake) and the monster got too unbelieveable for his own good. i mean, when is a succubus going to come and start sticking people to the walls of an old derilect church? that's too corny for anyone to swallow. as said before, the movie could have been far better had it been a human serial killer (more believable) and that was the movies problem. it got too stupid and out of hand. i thought the ending really [stunk]. overall i would not reccomend this.

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Summary: JEEPERS CREEPERS KILLS
Review: Jeepers Creepers was the scariest movie i have seen since friday 13th. The monster could be better, but the movie still scared the sh!t out of me with its goory scenes and groosome ending. This movie will make you [wet] your pants. I recomend this movie to anyone who is in desperate need of nightmares.this movie is way scarier than 13 ghosts and joy ride.

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Summary: MINDLESS DRIVEL
Review: One star for this film is one star too many , unfortunately the review page won't let you put 0 stars .This film is basically "The Hitcher" , "Dual" + "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" all rolled into one . On the face of it that might not seem like a bad place to start , unfortunately this film is totally lacking any of the qualities that made those 3 films classics and ends up being so predictable , boring + totally lacking in suspence or imagination that the only good thing about watching this film on video as opposed to at the cinema is that you can fast forward through all the dull bits - of which there are many . I thought films like "Scream" were supposed to have put an end to mindless drivel like this . Take my advice and give this film a miss , life's just too short !