Jeepers Creepers 2

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Jeepers Creepers 2 is a 2003 American horror film

Jeepers Creepers 2
written and directed by Victor Salva,[3] produced by
American Zoetrope, Capitol Films, Myriad Pictures
and distributed by United Artists, a Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer division. The film is a sequel to the 2001
horror film Jeepers Creepers. Francis Ford Coppola
executive produced the film. The sequel to Jeepers
Creepers 2 was originally scheduled to be released
in 2017 before production was halted. Production
resumed on February 20, 2017 in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.

Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
3.1 Box office Theatrical release poster
3.2 Awards Directed by Victor Salva
4 Sequel
Produced by Tom Luse
5 References
6 External links Written by Victor Salva
Starring Ray Wise
Jonathan Breck
Plot Music by Bennett Salvay
Cinematography Don E. FauntLeRoy
Three days after the events of the first film, the Ed Marx
Edited by
Creeper, disguised as a scarecrow, abducts young
Billy Taggart in front of Taggart Sr. and Billy's older Production American Zoetrope
brother, Jack Jr. The following day, a school bus company Capitol Films
carrying a high school basketball team and Myriad Pictures
cheerleaders suffers a blowout, after one of the Distributed by United Artists
wheels is hit by a hand-crafted shuriken made out of Release date August 29, 2003
bone.
Running time 104 minutes[1]
Cheerleader Minxie has a vision of Billy and Darry Country United States
Jenner, the Creeper's victim from the first film, who
both attempt to warn her about the Creeper, which Language English
then blows out another tire, disabling the bus. With Budget $17 million[2]
the party stranded, the Creeper abducts the coaches
and the bus driver, and singles out several of the Box office $63.1 million[2]
occupants: Dante, Jake, Scotty, Bucky, and
especially Double D. Minxie has another vision in
which Darry explains that every twenty-third spring, for twenty-three days, the creature emerges from
hibernation and hunts victims for specific body parts which it then consumes in order to replace those of
its own, which she relays to the others.

After hearing numerous police reports, the Taggarts go hunting for the Creeper and make radio contact
with the school bus. The Creeper attacks Bucky and is injured, and then kills Dante, using his severed
head as a replacement for its own. The students leave the bus, where they are again attacked and chased
into a field, where the Creeper kills Jake and takes Scotty. After the Creeper attacks Bucky at the bus
again, Taggart shoots it with a home-made harpoon; however the Creeper escapes and flips the truck.
Izzy, Rhonda, and Double D attempt to escape in a truck and are chased by the Creeper, causing the
vehicle to crash. Despite missing an arm and leg, the Creeper continues to stalk Double D until Taggart
intervenes by shooting it with a harpoon again. Taggart repeatedly stabs the Creeper in the chest and
face but the creature goes into a hibernate state before it dies.

Twenty-three years later, a group of teenagers drive to Taggart's farm, where the Creeper is a sideshow
attraction. They notice Taggart watching it with a harpoon gun at his side. When they ask him if he is
waiting for something, Taggart looks up at the Creeper and says, "About three more days, give or take a
day or two."

Cast
Jonathan Breck as the Creeper
Ray Wise as Jack Taggart, Sr.
Luke Edwards as Jack "Jackie" Taggart, Jr.
Garikayi Mutambirwa as Deaundre "Double
D" Davis
Nicki Aycox as Minxie Hayes
Eric Nenninger as Scott "Scotty" Braddock
Travis Schiffner as Izzy Bohen
Marieh Delfino as Rhonda Truitt
Billy Aaron Brown as Andy "Bucky" Buck
Lena Cardwell as Chelsea Farmer
Josh Hammond as Jake Spencer
Al Santos as Dante Belasco
Kasan Butcher as Kimball "Big K" Ward
Drew Tyler Bell as Jonny Young
Diane Delano as Bus Driver Betty Borman
Thom Gossom, Jr. as Coach Charlie Hanna
Tom Tarantini as Coach Dwayne Barnes
Shaun Fleming as Billy Taggart
Justin Long (cameo) as Darius "Darry"
Jenner

Reception
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 23% of 122 surveyed critics gave the film a positive
review; the average rating is 4.2/10. The site's consensus reads: "Jeepers Creepers 2 is competently
made, but it doesn't have the scares of the original."[4] Metacritic rated it 36/100 based on 29 reviews.[5]
Andy Klein of Variety wrote, "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."[6] Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "The sequel has got the
creepy bits down cold but lacks a fair share of scares."[7] Roger Ebert, writing for The Chicago Sun-
Times, rated the film one out of four stars and said, "Victor Salva's Jeepers Creepers 2 supplies us with
a first-class creature, a fourth-rate story, and dialogue possibly created by feeding the screenplay into a
pasta maker."[8] In The New York Times, Dave Kehr wrote that creature lacks personality when the
concept is retooled into a film series.[9] Gene Seymour of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the sequel
lacks the mood of the first film, and the teen protagonists are too annoying to draw the audience's
sympathy. However, Seymour praised Wise's performance.[10] In a positive review, Nathan Rabin of The
A.V. Club called it "the rare sequel that's not only bigger than its predecessor, but also better".[11]

Box office

Jeepers Creepers 2 opened in 3,124 theaters and had a U.S. domestic gross of US$ 35,667,218. Other
international takings were $27,435,448, and the worldwide gross was $63,102,666, slightly higher than
the original.[2]

It displaced its predecessor, Jeepers Creepers, to become the new record holder for the highest ever
Labor Day opening weekend four-day gross, holding the record until the 2005 release of Transporter 2.
[12]
After the 2015 Labor Day weekend, Jeepers Creepers 2 still holds the #5 spot with the #7 spot still
held by Jeepers Creepers.[12] Allowing for films that had been released prior to Labor Day, Jeepers
Creepers 2 holds the #9 spot after the 2015 Labor Day four-day weekend.[13]

Awards

Nomination Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

Nomination Saturn Award Best Horror Film
Nomination Motion Picture Sound Editors: Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in a Feature
Film (David Bondelevitch and Victor Salva)

Sequel
In September 2015, Jeepers Creepers 3 was officially greenlit. The film was slated to begin filming in
April 2016 until production was halted when Victor Salva was boycotted from filming in Canada for his
criminal past[14][15][16] Victor Salva returns as director, Jonathan Breck returns as "The Creeper", and
Gina Philips, from the original Jeepers Creepers, is believed to be returning for her first screen role in
five years.[14] Production was set for February 2017 in Louisiana. The third movie is currently filming in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A release date has not been confirmed yet, nor if the the film is being released
theatrically or straight to DVD. Actress Adrienne Barbeau had joined the cast but has been replaced by
Meg Foster. Gina Philips, who played Trish Jenner in the first Jeepers Creepers, is confirmed by Bloody
Disgusting to be reprising her role in the new film.

References
1. "JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 (15)". British Board of Film Classification. March 31, 2003. Retrieved
 February 21, 2015.
2. "Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) - Box Office Mojo".
3. "Jeepers Creepers 2". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner).
Retrieved July 11, 2016.
4. "Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
5. "Jeepers Creepers II". Metacritic. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
6. Klein, Andy (August 28, 2003). "Review: 'Jeepers Creepers 2' ". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
7. Rechtshaffen, Michael (August 29, 2003). "Jeepers Creepers 2". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the
original on August 14, 2006. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
8. Ebert, Roger (August 29, 2003). "Jeepers Creepers 2". The Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved February 28, 2015
via RogerEbert.com.
9. Kehr, Dave (August 29, 2003). "Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28,
2015.
10. Seymour, Gene (August 29, 2003). "Unnecessary sequel creeps in once again". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved
February 28, 2015.
11. Rabin, Nathan (September 2, 2003). "Jeepers Creepers 2". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
12. All Time Labor Day Weekend - Opening (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/laborday.htm?
page=LABDAY&p=.htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
13. All Time Labor Weekend - All Movies (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/laborday.htm?
page=LAB&p=.htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
14. McNary, Dave (September 11, 2015). " 'Jeepers Creepers 3' in the Works From Producer Francis Ford
Coppola".
15. Orange, B.Alan (2016-03-22). "Jeepers Creepers 3 Shooting Next Month, Gina Philips to Return as Trish?".
MovieWeb. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
16. Miska, Brad (January 10, 2017). "The Third 'Jeepers Creepers' is Currently in Pre-production (Exclusive)".
Bloody Disgusting.

External links
Official website (http://www.jeeperscreepers2.net/) Wikiquote has quotations
Jeepers Creepers 2 related to: Jeepers
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301470/) at the Internet Creepers 2
Movie Database
Jeepers Creepers 2 (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jeeperscreepers2.htm) at Box
Office Mojo
Jeepers Creepers 2 (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jeepers_creepers_2/) at Rotten Tomatoes
Jeepers Creepers 2 (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/jeepers-creepers-ii) at Metacritic

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