Shilo "Jeepers Creepers" scared the complete hell out of me and was, for the most part, effective and a scary picture. That's a sad note when the sequel "Jeepers Creepers 2" features a fourth-rate cast who can't act, dialogue that sounds like ten-year-old kids fighting with each other and a villain, now called "The Creeper" being on a first class ticket to a third-rate movie."It's about a group of kids on their way home from a basketball game when their school bus is broken down on the side of the road. They soon discover the bus breaking down was no accident and The Creeper (Jonathan Beck), who is on the final day of its 23-day eating- spree has chosen the kids for one final meal before he goes back to sleep for 23 years. The kids attempt to stay alive and fight back while a farmer, Jack Taggert (Ray Wise), who has a personal vendetta against the beast, races to save the kids before it's too late.The had a setup with "Jeepers Creepers" and "Jeepers Creepers 2" throws it right off the tracks with stupidity and characters that are annoying to listen to, to dumb to watch and none of them can act. This is not the sequel we were hoping for. The original was a road picture with the Creeper in the shadows and this screenplay gives us a story where the Creeper attacks a bus full of dummies. It's not scary and the attempted claustrophobic setting on the bus doesn't work either. They attempt to use this setting by making the Creeper selective about who it wants but who cares when we don't care about any of the characters who are simply lunch.It opens well enough, like the original. This time there is no church or anything. The Creeper poses as a scarecrow on a farm and when he is discovered, he takes off with the farmer's young son, Billy (Shaun Fleming) to set up a subplot of the picture. We felt bad for, Trish (Gina Phillip) and Darry (Justin Long) in the original as they drove for their lives and we feel bad for the farmer Taggert but we know he will end up hunting the Creeper and possibly getting revenge. So what do have to look forward to? Not much.Everything revolves around these kids hoping to be rescued from the Creeper. He disables the bus by blowing out the tires with some interesting throwing stars and picks off the adults in charge before attempting to descend on the kids. As usual, there's the nerd, the smart one, the know-it-all and there's the foul-mouthed idiot who will most likely end up getting himself and everyone killed because he is too stupid to think. I'll get to that idiot later. He was my main source of frustration for the movie.What's really disappointing is that we are not given anything involving the farmer. He opened the picture but he becomes a second-rate character who we don't see much of until the last half of the third act. He travels the road with his son, Jack Jr. (Luke Edwards) as they attempt to save the kids. Yes, there is a showdown and Taggert spares no mercy to the Creeper but it's pretty dumb when the third act of the picture has him shooting the Creeper over and over to no effect with homemade harpoons launched from the back of his truck with a rigged up post- puncher.Anyway, the Creeper attacks the bus and eventually they are forced out on the deserted road, by the aforementioned idiot, with the Creeper flying high to easily pick them off. This dummy, Scotty (Eric Nenninger) is the typical moron with a mouth who acts like he knows what he's doing when he doesn't and when they all discover why the Creeper is targeting them and what he does, they panic and make stupid decisions. How do they find out? Apparently, one of the girls on the bus, Minxie (Nicki Aycox) is psychic and tells them they have until the next morning to survive before the Creeper goes to sleep for 23 years. A lonely teenage basketball cheerleader is psychic and knows about the creeper from a dead boy? Yeah...okay. Why doesn't the Creeper just break into the bus and grab them? He intentionally locks them in the bus for the majority of the picture to make sure they don't get out, why? He was such a menace in the original and now he seems to be playing with the kids. Maybe he knows how stupid they are and that eventually, they will try to find a way out of the bus and run where they can become easy targets? The Creeper must be smart because that is exactly what these idiots do even after they were told to hold out until the morning where they will be safe which seems like only a few hours by the end.There is too much stupidity going on to care but the ending sets up "Jeepers Creepers 3" and because of the way this one ends, it could be interesting but don't hold your breath if it's anything like this sequel. As it stands, it's a disappointing and wasted attempt of a thriller that doesn't live up to the original in any way. Speaking of disappointing, you remember in the original how we only learned about what the Creeper does? Well, we learn nothing new about him in this picture either. We don't learn where he came from or, most of all, what he is and why he does what he does. That's a huge slap in the face that I'm sure audiences were hoping to find out and we learn nothing. Hopefully, "Jeepers Creepers 3" will be much better.

Spikeopath Plot finds the demon known as The Creeper (Jonathan Breck), still having a little time left for feeding and harvesting human parts before his 23 year hibernation. A buffet bar of high school kids on a bus returning from a basketball match are now in his sights. But an avenging father played by Ray Wise is willing to take the fight to the monster. It's a simple as it sounds, really. Creeper picks off various members of the bus, which is the usual array of annoyingly obnoxious teenagers. The tension comes from wondering who is next in line, all while the fractured group (racial/sexuality tensions) try to come up with some sort of plan to survive until help arrives. Logically it's a laughable nightmare and goofs aplenty are within, but there's a neat gory "B" movie vibe about it driving it forward. Plus there's more of Creeper in flying mode and a bad ass Ray Wise to root for.After the success of the first Jeepers Creepers film it was inevitable that a sequel would follow. With a little sadness we find that this sequel fails to capture the strengths that made the first film a refreshing horror joltathon. But regardless it still has some merits as a fun horror time waster. 6/10

catofnimes Jeeper's Creepers 2, A film in which we are given a plethora of teenage characters,and not a single one to care about, on par with the general film!The characters have little to no development throughout, and for the most part are bland or frankly, just unlikable. From the cliché Jock characters, the douche bag boyfriend, the cheerleaders, to the 'nerds'. This films 'protagonists' have no real likable traits, you will not find yourself caring who dies in this film.The Creeper: In the first film, there was a feeling of suspense before you actually see the creeper. You don't see him until halfway through the first film. In this sequel however, he is rarely off screen for more than 5 or 10 minutes at a time.This takes away any real fear factor from the film and the feeling of suspense that was in the first movie. By the end of the film, the creeper will no longer scare you (that is if he does, Personally I think he looks like 'the mask' from that goosebumps episode, you know the one I'm talking about!)Acting: This was my BIGGEST issue with the film apart from Garikayi Mutambirwa, I found the rest of the actors to be trying too hard, or just not trying hard enough. The characters they're portraying aren't realistic nor do you find them in anyway relatable. Unless of course, you are prone to gay jokes or racist remarks.Make up/Special effects: This film, in my opinion. Relies too heavily on CGI, especially near the end. You can tell that the creeper is nothing more than a man in a costume. Overall: I give it a 4 out of 10, I thought from my nostalgia of the first film that this film might be able to replicate the first film. It feels more like a cheap cash grab, It's the kind of film you would watch with a bunch of friends when you're having a cheesy horror movie night. Would I recommend this film? Yeah. If you enjoyed the first then check this one out, just do not expect much from this film at all. If you're going in with the mentality that it will scare you, you are going to be sorely disappointed. The only somewhat creepy part in the film is when the creeper is choosing his victims but seems more like that dude in a club eyeing up who he's going to take home.

airsnob I really resent that talent and genius have no say in who they inhibit. It hurts that I enjoy a Woody Allen movie or book, and it hurts when I like the Jeepers Creepers films.. Victor Salva was convicted of raping one of his 12 year old co stars in one of his earlier films. He went to prison, paid a fine and now he is out, making millions of dollars and probably watching a lot of child pornography at home ( which he was also convicted of) I suppose , unlike Woody Allen, at least this guys movies make sense. He makes twisted movies, horror films. Which you would half way expect from someone that did. So despite my real trepidation at giving a high rating , it is a good horror movie. So is the first. Great idea, great monster, great horror. I have to admit. Thought it less than a coincidence that these movies feature a monster/demon that feeds on and mutilates young men ( Victor Salvas type) that in this particular film, they are shirtless, good looking and sun bathing. That the demon seems to become sexually aroused at the sight of them, licking the window and shuddering as if having a orgasm , while they scream in fear. Yep. This is probably a jack off movie for the director and I'm sure he probably violated a few of these fame hungry actors in more than one way . But it's a good horror movie. Period.