Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Let me start off by saying this movie started off with a lot of potential. The first half an hour was some of the most horrifying I've ever seen on film and it could of been so good. Then the movie backed off, thinking it had scared you too much and tried to make up for it with humor. Damn.

The story starts off with a brother and sister driving in the middle of nowhere. They start being followed by a huge old truck and they even embark on a little road to road combat. Shortly after, the brother and sister see the driver of the truck dumping what looks to be a dead body down a sewer pipe. Creepy. The figure leaves and for some dumbass reason, the brother and sister decide to check out what went into the pipe and then the figure chases them for the rest of the movie.

Now, this movie reminds me of two books: Steven King's IT (The beast has to scare someone before it can eat them, he also has a nest made out of people) and Dean Koonz's Tick Tock (A very scary reptile creature that starts off scarier than hell but turns into comedy at the end. Also features a psychic figure.) This movie borrows intensely from both forms, while still adding in bits of it's own. What pissed me off most is that a lot of the "scares" that were supposed to creep you out while driving the plot never added up. Why did the beast always whistle Jeepers Creepers? (I hope not because of the horrible ending.) Why was there a psychic who didn't know jack shit? I hate these type of horror movies that try and scare you by adding in substance of shock value that never adds up or pays off at the end. If you bother to spend the eight bucks on the film, leave once they get to the diner.

Now, maybe I am bashing this movie too hard. I've seen a lot worse in the vain of horror, but this started off so well. Maybe it's because you have the convicted child molestor Victor Salva directing and writing this. Powder was probably scarier than the last 50 minutes of this any day. Ohh yeah, two other things that pissed me off. A HALF HOUR OF PREVIEWS BEFORE THE MOVIE and being able to predict every scare. The guy in the row ahead of us would just randomly yell out "Get the fuck outta there! Wait a minute and watch his leg twitch!", and his psychic abilities were a lot better than the character in the movie.

- Dr. Strangelove