The Creeper from Jeepers Creepers: The Most Underrated Horror Villain?

It doesn’t get attention because of pedo Victor Salva.

The Creeper is one of the scariest monstrous entities in the history of horror films. My friend Bert brought it home from the video loaning shop in the late 90s and we watched it twice on the trot. I find the first one to be the best, of course being partial to the many cats, but the others will be excellent watches too, and a box set would be a worthwhile investment for horror film fans. I don't know the others the way I know the original.

Jeepers Creepers came out in 2001, R2.

Jonathan Breck is hot.

I personally consider Jeepers Creepers to be one of the best horror films of the 2000s (and in the top 100 of all time).

This movie has a strong sense of real horror. I believe its because the director is a real life child predator and showed us a real creepers thoughts.

The first Jeepers Creepers was loaded with homoerotic subtext and imagery.

But he was just Mr. Carswell, the bank president!

R7, you mean the second right?

The first movie is just two actors. The second movie has the bus load of hot guys. The first movie is better overall but the second is really fun too.

There’s a third one? Any good?

R9 You're right. The second movie is the one that's overflowing with homoeroticism.

I swear I've seen the third one but I can't remember a thing about it, so now I'm thinking I've only seen two.

In the first movie, The Creeper is ONLY interested in Justin Long, with hints of homoeroticism.

In JC2, aside from all of the hot athletes, there is talk about one of the boys being caught at a gay bar. The Creeper only targets the males, sniffing them and pointing out his favorites. Very gay.

Also, Justin Long's ghost appears and flashes his sexy stomach, including his tattooed belly button.

However, knowing the director is a pedo, it's disturbing to note his focus on the blond boy at the beginning of JC2. The boy is fired in golden light, highlighting his blond hair and blue eyes. The Creeper is really perving on him and eventually gets him. It's disgusting.

JC3 was made on the cheap and is dreadful. But there are lots and lots of hot guys in it. Also, The Creeper uses that hole puncher spear on a few of the guys, which is a clear metaphor for fucking them while he kills them.

The boy is FILMED in golden light...

The Creeper is a gay pederast. So if you aren't in proximity to a very young, sexually attractive man you have no reason to be afraid.

That’s basically it in a nutshell, R14.

Also in JC2, hunky daddy Ray Wise lives with his cute adult son (and the younger son whom the director pervs on) with no woman in sight, nor even a mention of a wife or mother.

Gay, gay, (and creepy pedo focus on the younger son).

[quote] Jeepers Creepers came out in 2001, [R2].

Me friend burt encountered a time machine at the chip shop, he did. Driven by many cats. They took him on a journey to a video loaning shop of the future, where burt saw and grabbed a video called “jeepers creepers, the first one.”

I enjoyed Powder and Jeeper Creepers 1 and 2. I remember hearing vague rumblings of controversy but figured it was being blown out of proportion but it sounds like he really did abuse a young kid. How does someone serve 5 months in jail for something like that and then get the green light to write and direct a big budget studio film?

'Powder' did not have a VAGUE rumbling of controversy. It was a BIG controversy!

Which one had the guys laying out shirtless on top of the school bus?

R20 That was Jeepers Creepers 2.

Jeepers Creepers 2.

Justin Long gave a very good performance in the 1st, JC. Surprisingly so.

I'll always watch it if it's on, genuinely creepy film.

R22 The part where the creeper licks the glass freaked the hell out of me the first time I saw this movie.

The thing I hated about the first one was when they went back to the church. I have never been more compelled to yell at the screen then at that moment.

I was 10 or 11 when I watched it on a Friday night, my older brother rented it and teased me about being too scared to watch it. My mom warned me not to watch it as she and my dad went off to bed. I knew from the first scene that this wasn't a movie for me, but I thought Justin Long was really cute and wanted to be tough around my brother. Safe to say it scared the shit out of me.

I had to sleep with the light in my room for probably a week. My mother gave me the, "I told you so" speech the next morning. My dad didn't care. He'd bring my brother and I too see a double feature at the drive in that included Chucky as the second feature when I wasn't even in 1st grade. He and my brother find scary movies to be funny, I couldn't find the humor at such a young age, just fear.

Yes, I know I was a big baby, but the movie terrified me. I was also in love with Justin Long so the ending hurt my pre-teen soul.

Verificatia of Creeper size meat?

The 2nd one sucked and I never bothered with the 3rd one. The first one is terrifying for the first half until it turns into a full scale monster movie and The Creeper sprouts wings and starts flying away with people. It got silly.

The first half of the film was inspired by a great episode of Unsolved Mysteries.

[quote] I enjoyed Powder and Jeeper Creepers 1 and 2. I remember hearing vague rumblings of controversy but figured it was being blown out of proportion but it sounds like he really did abuse a young kid. How does someone serve 5 months in jail for something like that and then get the green light to write and direct a big budget studio film?

It's a mystery to me!

R26 = linky stinky

I LOVE them, even the terrible third one. Unfair to tell us "we know what you are" and never do a fourth.

It's kind of mind blowing that a guy who videotaped himself raping one of his child actors only served a brief sentence and was hired by DISNEY a few years later. He's never working again, fine by me.

Oh now I vaguely remember the third one. I remember a scene of guys finding the truck, and then running away on bicycles and getting speared. I don't remember much else about it.

It's hard to do sequels because each one has to be 23 years into the future from the last one. You can pull that off once, MAYBE twice, but it gets harder and harder to make it seem like it's been 46 or even 69 years since the first one...

Apparently there is a Jeepers Creepers 4 in production, sorta. I guess Covid delayed it a bit.

R34 no there isn't. The only mention of it is on movie sites that have the integrity of the National Enquirer. The 3rd movie bombed and Salva is radioactive

you bitches have me watching this now.

Can't get any more blatant than this.

[quote]I LOVE them, even the terrible third one

Me too, the third one has a really low rating on imdb.com (3.9) but it's still more entertaining than most horror sequels

The 3rd was okay, but you can tell he had nothing for a budget.

R39 which isn't shocking in the slightest.

I confused Gina Philips with Laura San Giacomo and I don’t dislike either one of them. It must have been Justin Long or my year of drinking.

Sorry, Gina and/or Laura!

I love that scene when they're on the bus and the Creeper is choosing his meals. The way he was looking at that black teen was so insanely frightening.

It’s not lost on the viewer, either, that the Creeper steals a pubescent, blond-haired boy at the beginning of JC2. Salva was pretty blatant with such imagery, and you view such scenes and the movie in a different light when you know Salva’s history. In today’s climate, Salva wouldn’t get the actors, money or studio time to make any of these movies, and we’re not talking such a long time ago that he did.

Nothing more terrifying than Meg Foster’s face in Jeepers Creepers 3.

Damn, Johnathan Breck's audition for the creeper was hot as fuck!

R35 here. Guess I'm eating my hat. I wouldn't want this movie on my slate. Not worth the headache IMO