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Love me some Creeper. Hearing that 3 is not too far off. What does everyone think is the backstory on the Creeper? There are some obvious things we have seen, and some that were more subtle? I have heard some interesting suggestions. What does everyone think his story is?
In 3, where will they take it? We know how 2 ended. Will the Creeper continue the hunt for the ones on the bus he ddn't get? Remember what Minxie said - it doesn't matter if you are hiding on this bus or hiding under your bed................
In 3, where will they take it? We know how 2 ended. Will the Creeper continue the hunt for the ones on the bus he ddn't get? Remember what Minxie said - it doesn't matter if you are hiding on this bus or hiding under your bed................
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Thought the first was really great, a lot of fun. I thought part 2 shit on everything good about the first one, so I'm not really anticipating a third - unless they go back to basics with it.
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I thought the first half of #1 was brilliant. Watching the movie I really thought I was seeing a comeback to "real horror" (luckily that actually happened a few years later). Then they went and ruined it by revealing what Creeper really was. Had they kept him a man (even a slightly supernatural man ala Meyers or Jason) I would have been ecstatic.
Maybe I was being too harsh (I haven't seen it since that first viewing) because it didn't meet my expectations. I guess my disappointment that it turned out to be a monster ruined it for me.
Maybe I was being too harsh (I haven't seen it since that first viewing) because it didn't meet my expectations. I guess my disappointment that it turned out to be a monster ruined it for me.
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Ok I must have missed something. I only remember what people said in the movie. I don't remember them exactly explaining what he was - only that he was a bat out of hell. Is the information you are talking about giving his little backstory on the DVD extras?
The Creeper is my guilty pleasure. The worse they get, the better I like them. Can't help it. Any information anyone may have on the Creeper, I would really appreciate it.
SHUT UP!!!! I CAN LIKE IF I WANT TO!!!!!
The Creeper is my guilty pleasure. The worse they get, the better I like them. Can't help it. Any information anyone may have on the Creeper, I would really appreciate it.
SHUT UP!!!! I CAN LIKE IF I WANT TO!!!!!
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The first two movies are guilty pleasures for me as well, so I'll check out a third when it comes out.
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Originally Posted by DeputyDave
I thought the first half of #1 was brilliant. Watching the movie I really thought I was seeing a comeback to "real horror" (luckily that actually happened a few years later). Then they went and ruined it by revealing what Creeper really was. Had they kept him a man (even a slightly supernatural man ala Meyers or Jason) I would have been ecstatic.
This.
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These movies are pretty damn sloppy in their use of "psychic abilities" to explain the plot. They do it in BOTH films! In part 1, they have an older woman who apparently has always claimed to be psychic, which is a little more forgiving -- BUT in part 2, a completely random girl on the bus momentarily gains psychic abilities solely so she can explain what the creature is to her friends (how convenient!)
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Originally Posted by DeputyDave
I thought the first half of #1 was brilliant. Watching the movie I really thought I was seeing a comeback to "real horror" (luckily that actually happened a few years later). Then they went and ruined it by revealing what Creeper really was. Had they kept him a man (even a slightly supernatural man ala Meyers or Jason) I would have been ecstatic.
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Part 2 was just plain forgettable. I know I saw it but aside from kids trapped on a school bus I don't remember anything about it.
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Originally Posted by DeputyDave
Maybe I was being too harsh (I haven't seen it since that first viewing) because it didn't meet my expectations. I guess my disappointment that it turned out to be a monster ruined it for me.
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It's pretty funny that the parts that people like most (the beginning) were stolen from an Unsolved Mysteries episode. The similarities are too much. Check out this side-by-side comparison of Unsolved Mysteries AND Jeepers Creepers.
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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
Exactly! The first part of the original was fantastic. Everything that occurred
was a total letdown.
Part 2 was just plain forgettable. I know I saw it but aside from kids trapped on a school bus I don't remember anything about it.
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Part 2 was just plain forgettable. I know I saw it but aside from kids trapped on a school bus I don't remember anything about it.
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Why would anyone want more of this?
And I want more because you simply could never get so bad as a Cohen Mummy installment.
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Oh yeah, the other thing that really bugged me about Jeepers Creepers 2 was that I could feel the camera oogling the teens... If you know anything about Victor Salva's past, watching parts of that movie are pretty disturbing (the guys pissing scene comes to mind)...
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I really enjoyed the first one but the second one was so terrible that it really soured me on the idea of another.
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I liked them each as Monster Movies not Horror Movies, but the homoerotically suggestive scenes with the teen boys in the 2nd movie were psychologically disturbing in suggesting that the director is still a creeper himself.
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Originally Posted by Seantn
It's pretty funny that the parts that people like most (the beginning) were stolen from an Unsolved Mysteries episode. The similarities are too much. Check out this side-by-side comparison of Unsolved Mysteries AND Jeepers Creepers.
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<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yh8B-OI_1uQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yh8B-OI_1uQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
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Originally Posted by mdc3000
Oh yeah, the other thing that really bugged me about Jeepers Creepers 2 was that I could feel the camera oogling the teens... If you know anything about Victor Salva's past, watching parts of that movie are pretty disturbing (the guys pissing scene comes to mind)...
Also, the creeper himself is only after young males (no females) and the creeper is caught sniffing Justin Long's underwear. Kind of iffy when you know Salva's pedophile history.
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Originally Posted by Seantn
It's pretty funny that the parts that people like most (the beginning) were stolen from an Unsolved Mysteries episode. The similarities are too much. Check out this side-by-side comparison of Unsolved Mysteries AND Jeepers Creepers.
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I enjoyed the hell out of these movies, and even though the second one is getting a slagging off here from everyone i actually enjoyed it. The first one was a good story, good characters and entertaining (if a little slow at points). The second movie gets going right away and whilst the story and characters are through away it does make for some good light entertainment. The opening and closing of the second movie make it worthwhile.
For the person suggesting that in the third movie the Creeper go after the kids that were left alive. Well at the end of the second movie you see things in about 20 years in the future. Man the creeper would have to be good if he could track all those folks down after that time.
For me i would like to see an opening that is maybe set in the Old West or something showing that the Creeper has been around for hundreds of years. I think going back to the original concept of a chase/road movie is the best option.
For the person suggesting that in the third movie the Creeper go after the kids that were left alive. Well at the end of the second movie you see things in about 20 years in the future. Man the creeper would have to be good if he could track all those folks down after that time.
For me i would like to see an opening that is maybe set in the Old West or something showing that the Creeper has been around for hundreds of years. I think going back to the original concept of a chase/road movie is the best option.
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With the 2nd one, I was very disappointed that the storyline from #1 wasn't continued.
By the way, how did The Creeper manage to get his own vanity license plate? Did he stand on line at the DMV?
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By the way, how did The Creeper manage to get his own vanity license plate? Did he stand on line at the DMV?
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Originally Posted by Seantn
Agreed -- the guys basketball team stand shoulder-to-shoulder to pee IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OPEN FIELD, and one of them pulls his pants all the way down for no reason, and I think they sun bathe on top of the buses, right? (The guys, that is)
Also, the creeper himself is only after young males (no females) and the creeper is caught sniffing Justin Long's underwear. Kind of iffy when you know Salva's pedophile history.
Also, the creeper himself is only after young males (no females) and the creeper is caught sniffing Justin Long's underwear. Kind of iffy when you know Salva's pedophile history.
U think thats bad, go watch "Clownhouse".
That is disturbing.
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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
By the way, how did The Creeper manage to get his own vanity license plate? Did he stand on line at the DMV?