Jeepers Creepers

October 3rd, 2009 Horror, REVIEWS Tom Nix

By Tom Nix

For any of you who used to read my online blog almost ten years ago, you may remember an entry about how Jeepers Creepers turned me into a “whiny pussy.” Let me take you through the steps to my destruction

“Wow, cute girl and future-Mac Justin Long, it’s a good thing you survived that encounter with a dude that throws dead people down a pipe, Now turn around and WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THE PIPE!?!?!”

It was one of the first experiences I’ve had in a movie where the main character made a conscious, earnest, earth-shatteringly stupid decision. And I was stuck with him. Climbing over dead bodies in sacks. Asshole.

Added bonus: The idea of a creature that comes to earth every 23 years to wreak all sorts of panic among fleshbags is a great one, and one I wish would have been followed through to its original pitch (The James Bond of Horror. A different day, A different monster unleashed after 23 years. An on-location nightmare generator. Regardless, we still got The Creeper, a vulture-looking monster that stays alive by integrating the parts of you that its missing. By devouring them. It’s one of the only original horror creations of this generation that was actually a) scary and b) worth a shit. The Tooth Fairy? Jigsaw? Puh. Leave it to Victor Salva to show you something truly scary (that was a fat pedophile joke).

Please take the time to revisit the flick. It’s much better than its reputation, plus it features a winged demon buying a vanity licence plate. Let alone one that quotes cannibal Patrick McGoohan.

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Tom Nix

Tom Nix is a media enthusiast currently living in Memphis, TN. He is the primary content provider and editor-at-large for The Red Circle dot Com. When not contributing to the site, he enjoys an unfortunately expensive DVD and Blu-Ray collection, arguing film and music as often as possible, and tearing through Rock Band drumsets like butter. One day he will amount to something. Wait for it.

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