Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2002
Running Times:
Format: colour 35mm
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PRODUCTION
Production Companies: American Zoetrope / Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG / Meespierson Film CV
Executive Producers: Kirk D'Amico, Philip von Alvensleben
Producer: Tom Luse

SCRIPT
Script: Victor Salva

DIRECTION
Director: Victor Salva

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Hair Department Head: Lori McCoy-Bell

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Jonathan Rothbart
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Marc Sadeghi

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Peter Jamison
Art Director: Nanci Roberts
Set Designer: Scott Herbertson
Set Decorator: Linda Spheeris
Set Dressers: Brendon Cowsill, Tiffany Cowsill, Erik Thomson, Lee Thomson
Construction Coordinator: Todd Young
Lead Man: Tim Scheu

CASTING
Casting: Aaron Griffith, Linda Phillips-Palo

CAST
Jonathan Breck (The Creeper)
Billy Aaron Brown (Andy Buck)

PLOT SUMMARY

Four days after Trish and Darry Jenner met the Creeper, the monster is at the very end of its current feeding frenzy. It snatches away farmer Jack Taggart's son in broad daylight before disabling a coach full of high school football players and their cheerleaders. The teens battle not only the Creeper but also their own fears and prejudices as the winged terror picks them off one-by-one, while vengeful Taggart and his other son close in on the the Creeper with a home-made harpoon gun strapped to their pick-up for a final showdown.

In the impressive first film, the Creeper had been a genuinely unnerving monster until Salva decided to show us too much of him. This time, Salva shows us way too much of him, in a series of lingering close-ups that rob him of any air of mystery. His grinning glances at camera run the risk of turning him into the new Freddy Kreuger and subsequently his appearances just don't seem as scary as they should. The other major problem here is the collection of idiot stereotypes we're supposed to be rooting for. A busload of screaming yobs on a bus is really just asking for the audience to cheer on the Creeper, which presumably is what Salva wanted as there isn't a single likeable character on the crippled school bus. It doesn't help that the performances are almost uniformly awful, with the exception of the always wonderful Ray Wise who simply doesn't get enough screen time. Having said all that, the action scenes are well staged and there are one or two effective scare moments but the Creeper has become just another generic movie monster and no amount of sly references to The Birds (1963) and Jaws (1975) is going to help make him any scarier.

Belgium
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Luxembourg
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

USA
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists

2003
February
14: USA - theatrical release

He's still creepin'...

Jeepers Creepers 2: The Second Night - working title

SEQUEL TO
Jeepers Creepers (2001)

KEYWORDS

buses, cheerleaders, monsters, sequels, students, teenagers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008