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Jeepers Creepers

2001

Victor Salva

Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher ...

4.9

16,134

Horror Brother and sister Derry (Justin Long) and Trish Jenner (Gina Philips) are driving home cross-country for Springbreak when they are harassed by a truck on a lonely country road. Shortly after they see the driver of the truck seemingly dumping dead bodies down a pipe. Investigating, Derry finds a pit beneath a church containing hundreds of bodies. But this draws the driver’s attention and it starts hunting them, tracing them by their ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"'Jeepers Creepers' builds up a mood of sinister expectation (...) [It] surrenders its imagination to formulaic plot filler and the predictably futile attempts to kill the monster by running over it and shooting at it"	NEU
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Victor Salva's solidly creepy, '70s-style horror film has decent characterisations and a gloomy atmosphere that cuts deeper than most teens-in-terror flicks (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Nev Pierce BBC	"An unsettling, gory, but intelligent horror flick, 'Jeepers Creepers' is the best picture of its kind since 'Scream' (...) A scary movie that will have you cowering beneath your popcorn bucket (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Alan Jones Radio Times	"From its gripping 'Duel'-like opening, Salva's superbly orchestrated chiller is as evocatively atmospheric as it is relentlessly bleak (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"It's part of the film's appeal that we discover the truth at the same rate as Trish and Darius (...) A stunning climax lifts things to another level, throwing a new, blackly comic light on the whole enterprise."	POS
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"The result is a clever thriller-chiller combining laughter with creepiness that should satisfy horror fans looking for a late-summer diversion."	POS
United States	Bob Graham SFGATE	"The first half-hour of this movie is sensational, creating an atmosphere of dread that any horror master would envy (...) 'Jeepers Creepers' is better setting things up than following through"	NEU
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"Director Victor Salva keeps the excitement (...) Even at its most puerile, 'Jeepers Creepers' has bite (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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