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Jeepers Creepers
MGM/UA

Jeepers Creepers reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 49 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
5.3 out of 10
based on 24 reviews
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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  
WRITTEN BY: Victor Salva  
DIRECTED BY: Victor Salva  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: January 8, 2002 
Video: January 8, 2002 
Theatrical: August 31, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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88
Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Salva's view of the universe is bleak, but he communicates it with scary sincerity.
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83
Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan
Balancing homage with creativity, the picture is tight, stylishly filmed, clever and, importantly, scary.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Salva spins a backwoods serial killer setup into something really scary.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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50
USA Today Mike Clark
It does survive its 40-minute test drive before turning into a lemon.
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42
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Turns into a grab-bag freak show as desperate as it is arbitrary.
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40
LA Weekly Paul Malcolm
Salva falls back on dull, jumbled action and an awkward subplot as he lurches toward a sequel.
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40
The New York Times Stephen Holden
Works up a reasonably delicious tingle.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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25
Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
A standard-issue, ineptly executed serving of the genre's staples, from skeptical cops to an all-knowing psychic.
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12
Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder
Plays like an amateur debut effort written over a weekend during which its writer wasn't entirely sober.
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0
New Times (L.A.) Gregory Weinkauf
This tripe, however, isn't worth your time or our ink.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 5.3 (out of 10) based on 46 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jw. gave it a2:
By far the most surreal take on the upholstery business to date... Would (probably) be terrifying, if a viewer could in any way identify with victims who, upon noticing a large figure dumping what looks to be a body into a dark culvert, say "Yes, the proper thing to do is drive back alone and climb on in." Horror fans - amazingly - agree with this premise every time.

Alec B. gave it a6:
[***SPOILERS***] very scary for the first half hour or so until you find out that the creature is just a insect with wings that eats people.

Tim T. gave it a10:
brillant. absolutley a instant horror classic. funny, chilling and smart. unique and brilliant.

D THOMPSON gave it a4:
Excellent openning, then slowly crept toward the "stupid victim" sub-genre of horror. Too bad, the openning really did have promise.

cathyerine a. gave it a10:
Fan-flippin-tastic. the most thought provoking, emotionally wrenching heart string tugger film ive ever seen, man.

marshall m. gave it a9:
classic! and really, really, really creepy.

luisp. gave it a1:
Exellent film.

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