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Jeepers Creepers
MGM/UA
MPAA RATING: R for terror violence/gore, language and brief nudity
Starring
Gina Philips,
Justin Long,
Jonathan Breck,
Patricia Belcher,
and
Eileen Brennan
After making a horrific discovery in the basement of an old abandoned church, Trish (Philips) and her brother Darryl (Long) watch their routine road trip home from college turn into a heart stopping race for their lives. (United Artists)
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Victor Salva
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Victor Salva
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 8, 2002
Video: January 8, 2002
Theatrical: August 31, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
88
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Salva's view of the universe is bleak, but he communicates it with scary sincerity.

83
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
Balancing homage with creativity, the picture is tight, stylishly filmed, clever and, importantly, scary.

80
Slate
David Edelstein
The movie is good enough to put a chill into the late-summer air. Salva has nasty surprises in the grim, minor-key last third, during which the feeling dawns on you that sleep for the next few nights won't come easily.

80
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
It may stir you, it may make you laugh. I am of the stirred variety. I do not want to meet this guy in the dark, though I've been meeting him in my dreams for years. We all have.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
As stylish as it is grisly, Jeepers Creepers has cult film written all over it, and it's not for nothing that Francis Ford Coppola has been a staunch Victor Salva mentor.

70
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The story (what there is of it) doesn't make much sense, but this is a very scary horror thriller that should keep you either on the edge of your seat or halfway under it.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Salva spins a backwoods serial killer setup into something really scary.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
If "The Others" is this year's paean to “quiet” horror, then Jeepers Creepers is its down 'n' dirty, punk rock, rip-your-throat-out-and-feed-it-to-you bastard child.

63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Horror fans will still find it worthwhile. The ending is also a nice twist on the slasher genre.

60
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
It's a shame that Jeepers Creepers cops out -- as American genre movies have been doing for years -- and plays it safe with an F/X-heavy creature that no one would believe in a thousand years.
60
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Good, ghoulish fun.

50
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
The first half-hour of Jeepers Creepers is so frightening that it's almost a relief when the movie subsequently collapses into silliness.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
The first half-hour of this movie is sensational, creating an atmosphere of dread that any horror master would envy.

50
USA Today
Mike Clark
It does survive its 40-minute test drive before turning into a lemon.

42
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Turns into a grab-bag freak show as desperate as it is arbitrary.

40
LA Weekly
Paul Malcolm
Salva falls back on dull, jumbled action and an awkward subplot as he lurches toward a sequel.

40
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Works up a reasonably delicious tingle.

40
Variety
Scott Foundas
Emerges as the most conventional and least imaginative of the recent crop of high-class fright movies that includes "The Others," "Session 9" and "Wendigo."

40
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Gets off to a great start and then simply shuts down, like an awesome vintage car on an ambitious road trip.

38
Boston Globe
Loren King
The limp script actually has the characters spout ''Let's get outta here!'' more than once.
Or maybe that's just a wise member of the audience talking.

30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
After introducing a provocative opening, the movie settles in for some pretty cheap scare effects, as well as by-the-numbers computer graphic imagery for the actual marauder.

25
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
A standard-issue, ineptly executed serving of the genre's staples, from skeptical cops to an all-knowing psychic.

12
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Plays like an amateur debut effort written over a weekend during which its writer wasn't entirely sober.

0
New Times (L.A.)
Gregory Weinkauf
This tripe, however, isn't worth your time or our ink.


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