Taglines: Fear takes a road trip.
Jeepers Creepers movie storyline. Siblings Darius – aka- Darry and Patricia – aka – Trish are on their way home from their freshman year at college, When suddenly their trip starts to turn dangerous when they are nearly run off the road but a crazy driver. When they get going again they see a man in a trench coat and a hat that covers his face dumping something down a drain pipe.
They then recognize him as the man who tried to run them off the road earlier and go see what he dumped after he leaves, but what they discover is too terrifying for them. They get help from a crazy woman who has too many cats and a psychic before they realize what’s been chasing them is an ancient demon known as the Creeper who eats people to regenerate his parts and he sees something in one of them that he wants for his snack.
Jeepers Creepers is a 2001 American-German horror film written and directed by Victor Salva. The film takes its name from the 1938 song “Jeepers Creepers”, which is featured in the film. Francis Ford Coppola executive produced, and the film stars Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, and Eileen Brennan. Philips and Long play two older siblings who become the targets of a demonic creature (Breck) in rural Florida.
Jeepers Creepers opened in 2,944 theaters and took in a US gross of $37.9 million; it later made $21.3 million internationally, making a total of $59.2 million worldwide. It broke the record for the highest ever Labor Day opening weekend four-day gross, holding the record until the 2003 release of its sequel, Jeepers Creepers 2. After the 2015 Labor Day weekend, Jeepers Creepers holds the #7 spot and the #5 spot goes to its sequel. Allowing for films that had been released prior to Labor Day, Jeepers Creepers holds the #16 spot for the Labor Day four-day weekend, with the #9 spot going to Jeepers Creepers 2.
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Directed by: Victor Salva
Starring: Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher, Eileen Brennan, Peggy Sheffield, Avis-Marie Barnes, William Haze, Kim Kahana, Jon Beshara
Screenplay by: Victor Salva
Production Design by: Steven Legler
Cinematography by: Don E. FauntLeRoy
Film Editing by; Ed Marx
Costume Design by: Emae Villalobos
Set Decoration by: Barbara Peterson
Art Direction by: Kevin Egeland
Makeup Department: Emae Villalobos, Eric De la Vega, Jared Gray
Music by: Bennett Salvay
MPAA Rating: R for terror violence / gore, language and brief nudityb
Distributed by: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release Date: August 31, 2001
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