Okay, so today I decided to rewatch “Jeepers Creepers 2,” you know, that horror flick from the early 2000s. I gotta say, it was quite a ride, and I’ve got a lot to say about it. So I fired up my laptop, grabbed a bag of chips, and started playing the movie.
The opening scene, I gotta admit, was pretty decent. It got me hooked, like, it seemed like the movie had some potential, you know? But man, that middle part. It was just a bunch of teenagers trying to hide from this Creeper dude. Kind of dragged on, honestly.
Then I started digging around online, looking at what other folks were saying. I found this review by a guy named Andy Klein from Variety. He said, “Few things are scarier than a sequel to a bad movie, but, in fact, Jeepers Creepers 2 is substantially better than its predecessor, even while staying strictly within the genre’s well-defined boundaries.” I don’t know if I agree with that entirely, but I see where he’s coming from.
Another guy, Michael Rechtshaffen from The Hollywood Reporter, wrote, “The sequel has got the creepy…” Which is true, I’ll give him that. This Creeper guy is seriously messed up. Like, seriously, there’s a part where he sniffs out the people he wants, and then picks this poor guy named Darry. Later, you see Darry’s body, and his eyes are just gone. Creepy stuff.
I also remembered that someone told me that every 23rd spring, for 23 days, this Creeper gets to, uh, “eat.” And there’s this scene where a character named Minxie asks what he eats, and Darry appears without his eyes, saying “Eat us.” That’s some seriously messed up stuff, man.
And don’t even get me started on the violence. There’s like, dead bodies with parts missing, heads chopped off, limbs torn off, and organs ripped out. There is even a scene where The Creeper removes a tongue from a decapitated head with its mouth. I mean, come on! I’m all for a good horror movie, but that’s just brutal, you know?
I even checked out some comments online. People were pointing out things like, in the beginning, Trish has glasses, but she doesn’t usually wear them. Little details like that, you know?
Someone mentioned the Creeper being “impressively objectionable,” and called him a “lecherous sadist who evokes an aura of evil.” Then they said, “Forget Krueger, Myers, and Voorhees.” I guess they were trying to say this Creeper is even scarier than those other horror movie guys.
And another person wrote about how these high school kids are stuck on a bus, and their chaperones just disappear. Pretty intense, right?
So, I finished watching the movie, feeling all kinds of mixed emotions. It was definitely a wild ride, with some scary moments and some parts that just made me shake my head. I thought it would be good to share these thoughts with you guys.
Afterward, I jotted down all these notes, trying to piece together my thoughts and make sense of it all. I spent a good chunk of time organizing my notes, trying to figure out how to present all this to you. Finally, I started typing it all out, trying to capture the whole experience of watching this crazy movie.
Anyway, that’s my take on “Jeepers Creepers 2.” It’s definitely not for everyone, but it’s one of those movies that sticks with you, whether you like it or not.
