(Note: After my latest rewatch, I've decided I actually really love this movie. I wish I didn't, because of who directed it, but I do. I'm too lazy to rewrite my more critical review, however.)
During a road trip home from college, siblings Darry (Justin Long) and Trish (Gina Philips) spy a man who drives an old beaten-down truck dumping a body into down a sewer pipe before briefly being chased. Being the smart kids they are, they decide to double-back and check whether this man's victim remains alive, thus trapping themselves in a cat and mouse game with a monstrous foe. Over two decades since "Jeepers Creepers" released, I still have mixed feelings about the decision to upgrade its 'creeper' from a Rusty Nail-esque serial killer to a winged monster that consumes the body parts of its victims, but there's no denying the effectiveness of several scenes here. There's Darry investigating the creeper's lair and finding the bodies of hundreds of victims stitched together on the walls and ceiling; an underprepared police force trying to fight back against the creeper when it lays siege on their station; and, of course, the chilling ending that fulfills the prophecy of psychic Jezelle (Patricia Belcher), who attempts to aid Darry and Trish's escape from their hungry foe. This is a pretty solid horror movie with good acting performances and only a few narrative missteps, well worth checking out if you're a genre buff.
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