#Explanation of jeepers creepers movie movie#

#Explanation of jeepers creepers movie movie#

However, as the film began, I started to think that this movie may well prove an exception to the recent rule with the first half hour to 45 minutes cranking up the tension and delivering some genuine and well timed shocks. I went to see Jeepers Creepers with little expectation, especially considering the usual tag line of 'the scariest movie to come out of the US for 10 years' etc. Great to hear a soundtrack free from modern US radio rock and I liked the use of the song as the end credits rolled, different and witty. I even thought the use of the titular song turned out to be a neat little idea rather than the contrived plot device it could so easily have been. Aside from this Jeepers Creepers is a good scary movie and I loved the ending, almost daring for a Hollywood picture these days. It becomes far less frightening and a little predictable, worst offence here being the character of the (groan) psychic woman. All that said, the film works least well when things descend into more traditional monster movie fare. The two lead actors' performances are solid and believable throughout and thankfully never veer towards the 'hysterical screaming' school of acting.

There's a real sense of backwoods America during these early scenes which lend the proceedings a genuinely creepy ambience. The figure appearing as neither man nor beast and engaging the two sibling protagonists by way of two Duel-style chases in his scary truck from hell. JC works best during the first hour when we are offered fleeting glimpses of the 'Creeper' and his handiwork. A much needed shot in the arm to a genre that was getting too self-referential, too clever for its own good and too damn unscary! Jeepers Creepers is none of the above and although it fades towards the end, it certainly manages to provide some genuinely unsettling moments along the ride.