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{{Short description|2003 film by Victor Salva}}

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| name = Jeepers Creepers II

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| caption = ''Jeepers Creepers II'' Movie Poster

| name = Jeepers Creepers 2

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| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = [[Victor Salva]]

| producer = [[FrancisTom Ford Coppola]]<br>Kirk D'Amico<br>Lucas Foster<br>[[Bobby RockLuse]]

| writer = [[Victor Salva]]

| starring = [[Ray Wise]]<br>[[Jonathan Breck]]<br>Garikayi Mutambirwa{{Plainlist|

* [[Ray Wise]]

* [[Jonathan Breck]]

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| music = Bennett Salvay

| cinematography = [[Don E. FauntLeRoy]]

| editing = Ed Marx

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| distributor = [[United Artists]]

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| released = [[August 29]], [[2003 in film|2003]]

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| runtime = 106 min.

* [[American Zoetrope]]<ref name=afi/>

| country = [[USA]]

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| language = [[English language|English]]

| budget = ~$17,000,000

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'''''Jeepers Creepers II''''' is a [[2003 in film|2003]] [[horror film]] directed and written by [[Victor Salva]]. The movie is a [[sequel]] to the earlier film, ''[[Jeepers Creepers (film)|Jeepers Creepers]]''.

* [[MGM Distribution Co.]]<ref name=afi/>

}}

| released = {{Film date|2003|08|29}}

| runtime = 104 minutes<ref name="TheNumbers">{{cite the numbers|id=Jeepers-Creepers-2|title=Jeepers Creepers 2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210108163249/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jeepers-Creepers-2%23tab=summary|archive-date=January 8, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref>

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $17 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite Box Office Mojo|id=0301470|title=Jeepers Creepers 2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224231541/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0301470/|archive-date=February 24, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref>

| gross = $63.1 million<ref name="BOM"/>

}}

'''''Jeepers Creepers 2''''' is a 2003 American [[horror film]] written and directed by [[Victor Salva]]. A sequel to the 2001 film ''[[Jeepers Creepers (2001 film)|Jeepers Creepers]]'', the film portrays the Creeper, a demonic creature and mysterious serial killer who pursues a school bus filled with high-school students. [[Ray Wise]] also appears as Jack Taggart, a farmer who seeks to hunt down and kill the Creeper as revenge for his younger son whom the Creeper had murdered that same week. Additionally, [[Francis Ford Coppola]] returned to the franchise as an executive producer.

Produced by [[Myriad Pictures]] and [[American Zoetrope]], filming for ''Jeepers Creepers 2'' took place in Tejon Ranch, and [[Long Beach, California]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visimag.com/shivers/h100_feat03.htm|title=Feature: Jeepers Creepers 2 {{!}} A Shivers exclusive set report|date=October 8, 2002|issue=100|author=Alan Jones|website=[[Shivers (magazine)|Shivers]]|publisher=[[Visual Imagination]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109203823/https://www.visimag.com/shivers/h100_feat03.htm|archive-date=January 9, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>

The film was theatrically released by [[MGM Distribution Co.]] under the [[United Artists]] label in the United States on August 29, 2003, where it was met with mostly negative reviews from critics. With a $17 million budget, the film grossed $63.1 million worldwide and spawned a prequel, released as ''[[Jeepers Creepers 3]]'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/jeepers-creepers-3-movie-controversial-reason/|title=Why Jeepers Creepers 3 Was So Controversial|date=November 23, 2019|author=Michael Kennedy|website=[[Screen Rant]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109032227/https://screenrant.com/jeepers-creepers-3-movie-controversial-reason/|archive-date=January 9, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>

'''Tagline''': ''He can taste your fear''.

==Plot==

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Three days after the events of [[Jeepers Creepers (2001 film)|the first film]], in its 22nd day of feeding, the Creeper abducts a young Billy Taggart in front of his father Jack Sr., and his older brother Jack Jr..

Returning home from a Championship game, a group of high school [[basketball]] players, their coaches and [[cheerleader]]s become stranded on the infamous East 9 Highway. The trapped students and their coaches soon discover that is the cunning Creeper that has actually crippled their bus. This monster is a flesh-eating ancient beast that resurfaces on the earth every 23 years to feed, and is hellbent on stockpiling as many victims as it can on the ultimate night of its grisly, [[ritual]] feast. As its 23 horrifying days of flesh-eating come to an end, the Creeper has embarked on its final voracious feeding frenzy in Poho County. As night falls, the terrified group of young athletes must fight their own fears and prejudice and come together in a seemingly hopeless struggle against the winged nightmare. Since the Creeper is selective of who it hunts, paranoia soon rises amongst the teens.

Meanwhile, a farmer and his son (who appeared at the start of the movie) set out on a personal mission to hunt the Creeper down and avenge its murder of the farmer's younger son. However, it becomes evident that the creature is much stronger than they ever imagined; when it is decapitated, it takes a student's head and uses it as a replacement.

The next day, a school bus carrying a sports team and cheerleaders suffers a [[blowout (tire)|blowout]], after a tire is hit by a hand-crafted [[shuriken]]. A cheerleader named Minxie Hayes has a vision of Darry Jenner and Billy Taggart who attempt to warn her about the Creeper. Another tire is blown out, disabling the bus. The Creeper ambushes and abducts the bus driver and two coaches. When the Creeper returns, he singles out six of the students: Dante Belasco, Jake Spencer, Minxie Hayes, Scotty Braddock, Andy "Bucky" Buck, and Deaundre "Double D" Davis. Minxie has another vision in which Darry says the Creeper emerges every 23rd spring for 23 days to eat humans and she tells the other students.

Later, in the movie's climax, the father and son battle the creeper with a homemade harpoon gun. While they are unsuccessful in destroying the beast, they do manage to fight it off long enough to end the twenty-three days of feasting. 22 years later the farmer has the homemade harpoon loaded and facing the wall of the house teenagers come and ask what he is waiting for. The man simply responded "waiting, give or take a day". The teens look up finding the creeper hanging up the wall nailed there in a cruxifiction style.

After hearing several police reports, the Taggarts go hunting for the Creeper and soon make radio contact with the school bus. The Creeper attacks Bucky, but Rhonda stabs it through the head with a [[Javelin throw|javelin]]. Dante begins prodding the Creeper's wing, only for it to grab and decapitate him. The Creeper tears off its injured head and replaces it with Dante's head. The students leave the bus to find help, but the Creeper chases them into a field, where it kills Jake and takes Scotty.

When the Creeper corners Jonny, Chelsea, and Bucky on the bus, the Taggarts arrive. Jack shoots it with a harpoon, which the Creeper fights off, managing to escape after flipping over the bus. Rhonda, Izzy Bohen, and Double D find a truck and attempt to escape but are chased by the Creeper again. Izzy pushes Rhonda out of the truck before causing the vehicle to crash, injuring both Double D and the Creeper, who loses an arm, a leg, and a wing, although Izzy crawls from the wreckage before the truck explodes.

The Creeper continues to drag itself toward Double D. When it has Double D pinned down, Jack shoots it in the head with the harpoon. He repeatedly stabs the Creeper, which goes into a hibernation state before it can die.

In 2024, 23 years later, three teenagers drive out to the Taggart farm to see a [[sideshow]] attraction called "A Bat Out of Hell." They see an elderly Jack Sr. watching the Creeper with the harpoon at his side. When asked if he is waiting for something, Jack answers "About three more days, give or take a day or two".

==Cast==

Credits adapted from the [[British Film Institute]].<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88f6262f|title=Jeepers Creepers II (2002)|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031173706/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88f6262f|archive-date=October 31, 2020|url-status=dead|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>

*[[Ray Wise]] - Jack Taggart, Sr.

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*[[Jonathan Breck]] - The Creeper

{{Cast listing|

*Garikayi Mutambirwa - Deaundre 'Double D' Davis

*[[Ray Wise]] as Jack Taggart

*Eric Nenninger - Scott 'Scotty' Braddock

*[[NickiJonathan AycoxBreck]] -as Minxie Hayesthe Creeper

*Garikayi Mutambirwa as Deaundre "Double D" Davis

*[[Marieh Delfino]] - Rhonda Truitt

*[[Eric Nenninger]] as Scott "Scotty" Braddock

*[[Diane Delano]] - Bus Driver Betty Borman

*[[Nicki Aycox]] as Minxie Hayes

*[[Thom Gossom Jr.]] - Coach Charlie Hanna

*Travis Schiffner as Izzy Bohen

*Billy Aaron Brown - Andy 'Bucky' Buck

*Lena Cardwell -as Chelsea Farmer

*[[AlBilly SantosAaron Brown]] -as DanteAndy Belasco"Bucky" Buck

*Marieh Delfino as Rhonda Truitt

*Travis Schiffner - Izzy Bohen

*[[Diane Delano]] as Bus Driver Betty

*Kasan Butcher - Kimball 'Big K' Ward

*[[JoshThom HammondGossom Jr.]] -as JakeCoach SpencerCharlie Hanna

*Tom Tarantini -as Coach Dwayne Barnes

*[[Al Santos (actor)|Al Santos]] as Dante Belasco

*[[Drew Tyler Bell]] - Jonny Young

*Josh Hammond as Jake Spencer

*[[Luke Edwards]] - Jack Taggart, Jr.

*Kasan Butcher as Kimball "Big K" Ward

*[[Shaun Fleming]] - Billy Taggart

*[[JustinDrew LongTyler Bell]] -as DarryJonny JennerYoung

*[[Luke Edwards (actor)|Luke Edwards]] as Jack "Jackie" Taggart Jr.

**Jon Powell as an older Jack Jr.

*[[Shaun Fleming]] as Billy Taggart

*[[Justin Long]] as Darry Jenner

}}

Additionally, voice actor Bob Papenbrook appears as the man in the station wagon near the start of the film, while Marshall Cook, Joe Reegan, and Stephanie Denise Griffin star as the group seen at the end.<ref name="BFI"/> Writer and director [[Victor Salva]] also makes a small, uncredited [[cameo appearance]] on the cover of a magazine briefly shown on the bus.<ref name="Poho">{{cite web|url=http://pohocounty.blogspot.com/2009/06/return-to-poho-county.html|title=Return to Poho County|date=June 13, 2009|author=[[Victor Salva]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210109031745/http://pohocounty.blogspot.com/2009/06/return-to-poho-county.html|archive-date=January 9, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 11, 2021}}</ref>

== Production ==

The film was shot on a private road in [[Tejon Ranch]], California. Three buses used during production were later destroyed; a fourth bus was constructed inside an airplane hangar. [[Victor Salva]] wrote a part for singer [[Meat Loaf]] but negotiations did not work out. [[Ray Wise]]'s jacket caught on fire during a take of the welding sequence. The camera was upside-down for the scene where the Creeper singles out the students. Executive producer [[Francis Ford Coppola]] visited the set one day during the shoot. Much of the final act was inspired by ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' (1975).<ref name="Commentary">{{cite AV media|title=Jeepers Creepers 2 ''[Director's [[audio commentary]] track; DVD]''|first=Victor|last=Salva|author-link=Victor Salva|date=December 23, 2003|publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

== Release ==

''Jeepers Creepers 2'' opened in 3,124 theaters and had a U.S. domestic gross of $35.6 million. Other international takings were between $27.4 and $84.3 million, depending on the source. The worldwide gross was $63.1–120 million, higher than the original.<ref name="BOM" /><ref name="the-numbers">{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jeepers-Creepers-2|title=Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) - Financial Information|website=The-numbers.com|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref> It displaced its predecessor, ''[[Jeepers Creepers (2001 film)|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]]''.<ref name=Open>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/laborday.htm?page=LABDAY&p=.htm All Time Labor Day Weekend - Opening]. ''[[Box Office Mojo]]''. Retrieved 2016-05-25.</ref> After the 2020 Labor Day weekend, ''Jeepers Creepers 2'' still holds the #6 spot with the #8 spot still held by ''Jeepers Creepers''.<ref name=Open/> 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.<ref name=OpenEarlier>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/laborday.htm?page=LAB&p=.htm All Time Labor Weekend - All Movies]. ''[[Box Office Mojo]]''. Retrieved 2016-05-25.</ref>

On December 23, 2003, MGM released the film on VHS and DVD. It was released on [[Blu-ray]] twice as a double feature with the [[Jeepers Creepers (2001 film)|first film]], once by [[Shout! Factory]].

==Reception==

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|25|4.3|126|Jeepers Creepers 2 is competently made, but it doesn't have the scares of the original.|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=jeepers_creepers_2|type=m|title=Jeepers Creepers 2|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227055018/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jeepers_creepers_2|archive-date=February 27, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|36|29|access-date=27 June 2025}}<ref>{{Cite Metacritic|id=jeepers-creepers-ii|type=movie|title=Jeepers Creepers II|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224224316/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/jeepers-creepers-ii|archive-date=February 24, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |title=CinemaScore |url=https://m.cinemascore.com |work=cinemascore.com}}</ref>

===Box office===

''Jeepers Creepers'' opened in 3,124 theaters and had a [[United States of America|US]] domestic gross of [[US$]] 35,667,218. Other international takings were $27,435,448. Which makes the worldwide gross $63,102,666.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jeeperscreepers2.htm http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jeeperscreepers2.htm]</ref>

Andy Klein of ''[[Variety (magazine)|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."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/jeepers-creepers-2-2-1200539740/|title=Review: 'Jeepers Creepers 2'|last=Klein|first=Andy|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 28, 2003|access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>

===Critics===

[[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film a 40% rating with an average rating of 4.9 out of 10. They state: "''Jeepers Creepers'' has a promising start. Unfortunately, the tension and suspense quickly deflates into genre cliches as movie goes on."[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jeepers_creepers/about.php#consensus]

Michael Rechtshaffen of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote, "The sequel has got the creepy bits down cold but lacks a fair share of scares."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1966214|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060814010443/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1966214|title=Jeepers Creepers 2|last=Rechtshaffen|first=Michael|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=August 29, 2003|archive-date=August 14, 2006|access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>

[[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."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jeepers-creepers-2-2003|title=Jeepers Creepers 2|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|work=[[The Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=August 29, 2003|access-date=February 28, 2015|via=RogerEbert.com}}</ref>

In ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Dave Kehr]] wrote that the creature lacks personality when the concept is retooled into a film series.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C07EED81E39F93AA1575BC0A9659C8B63|title=Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)|last=Kehr|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Kehr|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 29, 2003|access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>

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 much of the audience's sympathy. However, Seymour praised Wise's performance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-29-et-jeepers29-story.html|title=Unnecessary sequel creeps in once again|last=Seymour|first=Gene|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 29, 2003|access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>

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".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/jeepers-creepers-2-5463|title=Jeepers Creepers 2|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|author-link=Nathan Rabin|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=September 2, 2003|access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>

===Awards===

*'''Nominated''': Nomination – Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films,
* USANomination -– Saturn Award Best Horror Film

*'''Nominated''': Nomination – [[Motion Picture Sound Editors]], USA -: Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film, ([[David Bondelevitch (music editor)]] and Victor Salva (music editor)

==TriviaPrequel==

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.<ref name=JC3>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/jeepers-creepers-3-francis-ford-coppola-1201590943/|title='Jeepers Creepers 3' in the Works From Producer Francis Ford Coppola|author=[[Dave McNary]]|date=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movieweb.com/jeepers-creepers-3-production-start-trish-gina-philips/|title=Jeepers Creepers 3 Shooting Next Month, Gina Philips to Return as Trish?|last=Orange|first=B.Alan|publisher=MovieWeb |date=2016-03-22 |access-date=2016-05-25}}</ref><ref name="Filming">{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3420784/third-jeepers-creepers-currently-pre-production-exclusive/|title=The Third 'Jeepers Creepers' is Currently in Pre-production (Exclusive)|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|last=Miska|first=Brad|date=January 10, 2017|access-date=January 14, 2017|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918043809/http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3420784/third-jeepers-creepers-currently-pre-production-exclusive/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*The gimmick of the tune "Jeepers Creepers" playing whenever the Creeper was near is completely dropped in this film. Fans criticized this as "dumbing down" the movie into a more generic horror film.

*[[Gina Philips]] turned down the chance to reprise her role from the first movie, but Justin Long has a cameo.

*Director Victor Salva usually makes a cameo appearance in his movies, but because this film has no good spots for him to appear, his face can be seen very briefly on a magazine when the Creeper reaches through the roof of the bus.

*[[Meat Loaf]] was originally considered to play the bus driver.

*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.

*'''Error''': The Creeper is supposed to hunt every spring. In the opening scenes, the cornfields all show full stalks of corn. Cornstalks are not that full until late summer or fall. In the spring, they are just being planted.

The film was eventually released in a one-night-only showing on September 26, 2017, 14 years after the release of ''Jeepers Creepers 2''. It grossed $2.3 million in theaters.

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