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DVD Jeepers Creepers 2
Despite the usual symptoms of sequelitis, Jeepers Creepers 2 delivers the goods for those who enjoyed the 2001 original--a group large enough to propel this sequel to a record-setting opening in August 2003. While establishing the flesh-eating "Creeper" as a new horror icon with frantic action and more elaborate special effects, writer-director Victor Salva follows the traditional formula, dispensing with plot almost altogether and focusing entirely on threat, menace, mayhem, and gore. That's likely to disappoint horror fans hoping for a more revealing exploration of the Creeper's origins (room for another sequel, perhaps?), and by trapping nondescript teens in a school bus attacked by the Creeper, Salva severely limits the movie's overall potential. Still, there's something to be said for straightforward shocks, and Jeepers Creepers 2 delivers enough of them to justify its profitable existence. --Jeff Shannon
The thing about the original film, was that for days afterwards, I was constantly going around singing (badly) and humming "jeepers, creepers, where'd you get those peepers?" And it was only that line that was noticable during the original. Needless to say, it got on my nerves, not to mention everyone elses' nerves quite quickly. That is missing from this film, and it should have been kept in.
The Creeper is shown a lot more in this film, and it makes it all the more scarier. The opening shot (of the Creeper disguised as a scarecrow) is sadly ruined, due to being shown in the trailer - which I saw quite a while before I watched this! With all the action being set on a broken-down school bus, with a bunch of kids, it adds a very claustrophobic feel to the film. There's a few jumpy moments, especially when Justin Long reappears as his character from the original, complete with blood & whatnot. Instantly, it made me think that the lovely long haired Gina Philips featured in the sequel, but sadly she did not, and I probably greatly annoyed my boyfriend, by asking if a similar looking girl was her. :)
There's a few more deaths in this film, but I also thought that it was missing the brilliant shots of the underground cave/basement thing from the first, where all the bodies were kept, and it's disappointing that this wasn't in it, as my jaw quite literally dropped!
What's confusing about this film, is that it's set only a few days after the original. The original is still on the news, and is still on everyone's minds. How? Victor Salva wrote the whole "Every 23 years for 23 days it gets to eat" rule in the first movie so there would be no sequel unless the movie was set in the future, and knew the studio wouldn't want that. However Francis Ford Coppola found an easy loophole in the rule for the sequel: set it during the same 23 days as the first movie. So this film is set on the 23rd day for the purpose of not making another sequel.
I think the first film worked better, with only two main characters, played by Justin Long & Gina Philips. In this one, you have a school class, who look all too similar, and it was difficult for me to see the difference between them, or remember their names. Half the class do run off at some point, and get conveniently forgot about, whether intentional or not. The dream sequences that the lead girl has, don't make any sense whatsoever, but I suppose they're in there, so you can see brief bits of the original, and get a bit more of the wee boy in, who featured at the start.
I'm quite surprised quite a few people, including my boyfriend, preferred this one to the first one. I didn't see it as much, I liked both equally, although slightly preferring the first, due to being focused on the two characters. However, both are great scary movies, enough to have you going around the house switching on all the lights afterwards. But whatever you do, don't make the mistake of getting up straight away to go powder your nose, and then come back into a dark room, where your lovely boyfriend promptly jumps out at you. I scary easy.
I thought this was a great horror movie!!
Personally I thought that this movie was better than the first and was a lot better. I thinked it had more story and action, and some cool violent and frieghting scenes along with it. I really liked this DVD.
He Can Taste Your Fear!
Every 23 years, a monster known as the Creeper lives and feeds on humans for 23 days. We are at the end of the current cycle. After killing a farm boy on day 22, the Creepers spends his last day disabling a school bus and tormenting the athletes and cheerleaders on board.
That's about all you've got for a plot, but for this kind of horror film, that's all you really need. Oh sure, there are all sorts of side issues like the racism of the team captain, and the heroine who has visions that allow her to provide all the exposition necessary to explain why the Creeper behaves as he does, but really what we're here for is to see the monster kill the people. The original film was also very simple, and worked very well; it was an effectively retro mix of 70s road horror film with and 80s-style monster. This version has a lot of fast-and-furious action, but sacrifices most of the relentless dread the original had (at least in its first half). As well, there are simply too many characters, and trying to keep track of them all scatters the film's narrative drive, diluting the horror. The coda is unnecessary, predictable, and risible. As sequels go, it could be worse, but it still marks a decline, which we can hope stops here.
There are two commentaries. The first features writer/director Victor Salva and just about the entire cast. They're all having fun remembering this scene and that, but it is impossible most of the time to know who's speaking (other than Salva himself). The other track is less chaotic: here the speakers are Jonathan Breck (the Creeper), production illustrator Brad Parker and make- up FX man Brian Penikas. The emphasis on this track, naturally, is on the creation of the monster.
Four related featurettes combine into a 40-minute documentary. Though rather familiar in their promotional nature, they are still informative, covering the general making of the film, the monster, the music score, and the digital effects (this last featurette has no narration). "A Day in Hell" is a 26-minute video journal of a day on the set. The deleted scenes, moments and lines are presented in a single montage, which does make it hard to keep track of how the scenes differ from the final product. There are 2 unfilmed storyboard sequences. They are scored, and are "The Creeper's Lair" and "Ventriloquist Creeper." The latter is the more intriguing, since it would have involved the Creeper talking. What, exactly, he would have said is not stated, unfortunately. The photo gallery is also scored. Trailers are provided for both Creeper movies, Shredder, and Bulletproof Monk. The menu is most elaborate, requiring its own set of credits, and consists of new little mini-movies of the Creeper doing his thing.
A very solid release, in terms of sound, picture, and extras. The movie itself if fun, but ultimately superfluous and nowhere near as dark as the original.
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