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{{Short description|Film by Victor Salva}}
{{Infobox Film
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| name = Jeepers Creepers
{{Use American English|date=February 2021}}
| image = Jeepers Creepers film.jpg
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}
| caption = ''Jeepers Creepers'' film poster
{{Infobox film
| image = Jeepers Creepers (2001 film) poster.jpg
| alt = An eye peers through a stitching of human skin. Above it, the phrase "What's Eating You?", and below, "Jeepers Creepers".
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Victor Salva]]
| producer = [[Linda{{Plainlist| Reisman]]<br>Tom!-- Luse<br>BarryPer OpperBILLING BLOCK -->
* [[J. Todd Harris]]
| writer = [[Victor Salva]]
* Barry Opper
| starring = [[Gina Philips]]<br>[[Justin Long]]<br>[[Jonathan Breck]]
* [[Tom Luse]]
}}
| writer = Victor Salva
| starring = {{Plainlist| <!-- Per BILLING BLOCK -->
* [[Gina Philips]]
* [[Justin Long]]
* [[Jonathan Breck]]
* [[Eileen Brennan]]
}}
| music = Bennett Salvay
| cinematography = [[Don E. FauntLeRoy]]
| editing = Ed Marx
| distributorstudio = [[MGM]]{{Plainlist|
* [[American Zoetrope]]
| released = [[July 20]], [[2001 in film|2001]]
* Cinerenta-Cinebeta
| runtime = 90 min.
* Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG
| country = [[USA]]
}}
| awards = Crystal Reel Awards
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
| language = [[English language|English]]
* [[United Artists]]
| budget = ~ $10,000,000
* [[MGM Distribution Co.]] (United States)
| preceded_by =
* [[Miramax]]
| followed_by =
* [[Buena Vista International]] (Italy)
| amg_id =
* [[United International Pictures]] (Germany)<ref name=vcl>{{cite web|title=VCL planning linkup with unnamed partner|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=27 August 2001|access-date=16 August 2024|url=https://variety.com/2001/biz/news/vcl-planning-linkup-with-unnamed-partner-1117851893/}}</ref>
| imdb_id = 0263488
}}
| released = {{Film date|2001|7|28|[[Fantasia International Film Festival|Fantasia]]|2001|8|31|United States}}
| runtime = 91 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/jeepers-creepers-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zndg1nti|title=''Jeepers Creepers''|publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|access-date=March 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222015842/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/jeepers-creepers-2001|archive-date=February 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| country = {{Plainlist|
* United States<ref name="AFI">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/62061-JEEPERS-CREEPERS|title=''Jeepers Creepers''|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|access-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110005305/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/62061-JEEPERS-CREEPERS|archive-date=January 10, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Germany<ref name="AFI" />
}}
| language = English
| budget = $10 million
| gross = $59.4 million<ref name="BoxMojo">{{cite Box Office Mojo|id=0263488|title=Jeepers Creepers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104190840/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0263488/|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref>
}}
'''''Jeepers Creepers''''' is a [[2001 in film|2001]] [[horror film]] written and directed by [[Victor Salva]].
 
'''''Jeepers Creepers''''' is a 2001 [[horror film]] written and directed by [[Victor Salva]]. It stars [[Gina Philips]] and [[Justin Long]] as siblings returning home for spring break who encounter a violent truck driver portrayed by [[Jonathan Breck]]. The film takes its name from the [[Jeepers Creepers (song)|1938 song]], featured in the film under a version by [[Paul Whiteman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/innocent-songs-ruined-horror-movies/|title=10 Innocent Songs Ruined by Horror Movies|date=December 8, 2020|first=Jeanette|last=White|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101204212/https://www.cbr.com/innocent-songs-ruined-horror-movies/|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> [[Patricia Belcher]] and [[Eileen Brennan]] also appear in supporting roles, with Salva making a [[cameo appearance]].
The movie takes its name from the song [[Jeepers Creepers (song)|Jeepers Creepers]] which is featured in the movie.
 
The film was a co-production between the United States and Germany, with [[United Artists]] co-financing the [[American Zoetrope]] title. It filmed in various towns in Florida starting in August 2000 after Salva convinced the studios to cast Phillips and Long with the help of executive producer [[Francis Ford Coppola]], who had previously financed his directional debut ''[[Clownhouse]]'' (1989). Due to unforeseen budget cuts, Salva rewrote the third act during production.
 
The film was theatrically released by United Artists and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] on August 31, 2001. It was a commercial success, grossing $59 million on a $10 million budget, despite mixed reviews from critics praising the first half over the second. It spawned a [[Jeepers Creepers (film series)|media franchise]] that includes two sequels and a reboot.
 
==Plot==
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The movie revolves around a brother and sister coming home for a holiday break. Their journey is uneventful until they are terrorized by 'some jerk' in a beat up old truck whose license plate says ''B-E-A-T-N-G-U'' – an event they get over until they later see the driver unloading what looks like bodies into a hole as they drive past. Escaping the ensuing chase, Darry insists they go back to see what he was doing – something he deeply regrets doing when he finds mutilated and preserved bodies all over the inside of the pit. They escape the truck again but their attempts to get help lead to nothing and they find themselves battling much more than the psycho driver that they first feared.
Trish Jenner and her brother Darry are traveling home from college for [[spring break]]. As they drive through the [[Florida]] countryside, an old truck violently [[Tailgating|tailgate]]s them but eventually passes. During their drive, they discuss the urban legend of Kenny and Darla, a senior prom couple who disappeared in 1978. They later see the same truck parked next to an abandoned church. The driver, wearing a large trenchcoat, dumps what appears to be corpses wrapped in blood-stained sheets into a large pipe sticking out of the ground. The driver then notices them, giving chase and forcing them off the road.
 
With the driver gone, Darry convinces Trish to return to the church. Hearing strange noises coming from the pipe, Darry crawls inside with Trish holding onto his feet. Darry then falls into the pipe, which leads into the church basement. There he finds a dying man with stitches running down his abdomen, as well as many corpses sewn to the walls and ceiling, including those of Kenny and Darla.
 
Escaping the place, Darry and Trish flee to a nearby diner. However, they receive a cryptic call from a woman, who predicts their imminent danger. She mentions a future encounter with a [[cat lady]] and playing the song "[[Jeepers Creepers (song)|Jeepers Creepers]]", suggesting that one of them will meet a terrifying fate while hearing it. Darry proceeds to call the police. The siblings later learn from a waitress that the truck driver broke into their car, sniffed their laundry and looked like he "really liked it".
 
Two police officers escort the siblings back to the church, but reports come in that it has been set on fire. On their way back, the officers are attacked and killed by the truck driver, leaving Trish and Darry in shock. The two stop at the home of an elderly woman with numerous cats to call the police. The driver sneaks in and kills the cat lady, before revealing its monstrous appearance to Trish and Darry. Trish repeatedly runs the driver over with her car, only for a giant wing to tear through its trench coat. They drive off.
 
They eventually reach a police station, where they meet Jezelle Gay Hartman, the psychic who called them earlier. She explains that their pursuer is an ancient creature known as the Creeper, which awakens every 23rd spring for 23 days to feed on human body parts, absorbing them into its own body. It selects its victims based on their fear. Sgt. Davis Tubbs, the officer in charge, is skeptical of Jezelle's warnings, dismissing her claims as delusional. Tension grows between them as Jezelle insists that the Creeper is real and that one of the siblings is doomed.
 
That night, the Creeper arrives at the station, breaking into the holding cells and killing several prisoners to heal its wounds. Despite Tubbs' and the rest of the police force's efforts to stop it, the creature proves unstoppable. It eventually corners Trish and Darry in an upstairs interrogation room. After sniffing them both, it throws Trish aside and chooses Darry. Trish offers herself in his place, but the Creeper escapes through a window, flying off with Darry into the night.
 
The next day, Trish is picked up by her parents, and Jezelle returns home. In an abandoned factory, Darry's mutilated body is revealed—his back flayed open and his eyes removed. As the song "Jeepers Creepers" plays, the Creeper is seen using Darry's eyes as its own.
 
==Cast==
Credits adapted from the [[British Film Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b86b03732|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' (2001)|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101204947/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b86b03732|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref>
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{{Cast listing|
* [[Gina Philips]] as Trish Jenner
* [[Justin Long]] as Darry Jenner
* [[Jonathan Breck]] as the Creeper{{efn|name=a|Breck also portrays a bald cop.<ref name="BreckJigsawLounge2003">{{cite web|url=https://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews/neil-youngs-film-lounge-interview-with-jonathan-breck/|title=Interview With Jonathan Breck|date=January 2003|first=Neil|last=Young|website=Neil Young's Film Lounge|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612174537/https://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews/neil-youngs-film-lounge-interview-with-jonathan-breck/|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref>}}
* [[Jonathan Breck]] as [[The Creeper (Jeepers Creepers)|The Creeper]]
* [[Patricia Belcher]] as Jezelle Gay Hartman
* [[Eileen Brennan]] as Thethe Catcat Ladylady
* Brandon Smith as Sergeant Davis Tubbs
* Jon Beshara as Trooper Robert Gideon
* Avis-Marie Barnes as Trooper Natasha Weston
* Tom Tarantini as Roach
* Chris Shepardson as the dying boy
* [[William Haze|Will Hasenzahl]] as an "officer with hole in chest"
* [[Victor Salva]] as a victim of the Creeper<ref name="Commentary">{{cite AV media|title=Jeepers Creepers ''[Director's [[audio commentary]] track; DVD]''|first=Victor|last=Salva|author-link=Victor Salva|date=January 8, 2002|publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>
}}
 
==Production==
===Development===
[[File:Jeepers Creepers finale - storyboard - Brad Parker.png|thumb|upright|left|alt=A storyboard by Brad Parker depicts a truck crashing and exploding into a train.|[[Brad Parker (artist)|Brad Parker]]'s [[storyboard]] of the film's original ending]]
 
Many film news sources believe ''Jeepers Creepers'' was loosely inspired by the case of Dennis DePue. In 1990, [[Coldwater, Michigan]], siblings Ray and Marie Thornton witnessed DePue, who had already caught their attention after quickly driving past them moments prior, disposing of a blood-soaked blanket behind an abandoned schoolhouse. DePue then tailgated them for two miles, and after he drove off, the siblings returned to the schoolhouse to investigate, finding the blanket and reporting their findings to the police.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Unsolved Mysteries |series=[[Unsolved Mysteries]] |network=[[NBC]] |date=March 20, 1991 |season=3 |number=23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/jeepers-creepers-movie-true-crime-story-inspiration-explained/|title=''Jeepers Creepers'': The True Crime That Inspired The Horror Movie Explained|date=November 19, 2020|first=Jessica|last=Beebe|website=[[Screen Rant]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101210424/https://screenrant.com/jeepers-creepers-movie-true-crime-story-inspiration-explained/|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> The murder case and subsequent [[Manhunt (law enforcement)|manhunt]] of DePue were featured on an episode of ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]'' on March 20, 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/727b9ad98022c37f5e5877d19ff5e96d|title=Man Wanted For Michigan Murder, Featured On TV, Dies During Shootout|date=March 21, 1991|website=[[Associated Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101212225/https://apnews.com/article/727b9ad98022c37f5e5877d19ff5e96d|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> The following day, DePue committed suicide during a [[shootout]] with police in Mississippi.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68654435/man-flees-grapevine-kills-self/|title=Man flees Grapevine, – kills self|first=Susie|last=Steckner|date=March 22, 1991|work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|page=1|publication-place=[[Fort Worth, Texas]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926143639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68654435/man-flees-grapevine-kills-self/|url-status=live}}</ref> The episode's reenactment of events, and details contained throughout, such as a license plate game that the Thorntons played, were deemed similar to the opening scenes of the film.<ref name="DepueWDIV2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2017/02/15/did-1990-michigan-murder-inspire-jeepers-creepers-film/|title=Did 1990 Michigan murder inspire ''Jeepers Creepers'' film?|date=February 15, 2017|first=Ken|last=Haddad|website=[[WDIV-TV]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101210653/https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2017/02/15/did-1990-michigan-murder-inspire-jeepers-creepers-film/|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref>
 
While writer and director [[Victor Salva]] has not confirmed whether the film took inspiration from this case,<ref name="DepueWDIV2017"/> he said the beginning was based on "a true story that I was told, only it was an elderly couple, and they went back to this pipe to see what he was throwing down there. I thought that was a tremendously brave thing to do, but I also remember, when I heard it, thinking 'If that was a movie, if they went back, I would be on the edge of my seat'".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Persons |first=Mitch |date=October 2001 |title=''Jeepers Creepers'': Is This Horror Film a Sleeper? |magazine=[[Cinefantastique]] |volume=33 |number=5 |url=https://archive.org/details/CinefantastiqueVol33No5Oct2001/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2033%20No%205%20%28Oct%202001%29/page/n13/mode/2up?view=theater |url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp|15}} The script also borrowed elements from ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' (1968) and ''[[Duel (1971 film)|Duel]]'' (1971).<ref name="FangoriaInterview">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_205_2001_Planet_Of_The_Apes_HQS_c2c/page/n21/mode/2up|chapter=''Jeepers Creepers'' Summer Sleeper?|title=Planet of the Apes|date=August 2001|first=Don|last=Kaye|issue=205|pages=22{{hyphen}}25|publisher=[[Fangoria]]|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_205_2001_Planet_Of_The_Apes_HQS_c2c/mode/2up|archive-date=May 1, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> Salva was inspired by his favorite film, ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'' (1954), to make a [[monster movie]], and was influenced by the restraint displayed in the [[suspense films]] of [[Alfred Hitchcock]], including ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]'' (1963).<ref name="Salva-2009">{{cite web|url=https://pohocounty.blogspot.com/2009/01/jeepers-creeper-walks-among-us.html|title=Jeepers -- The Creeper Walks Among Us!|date=May 22, 2009|first=Victor|last=Salva|author-link=Victor Salva|access-date=August 26, 2024}}</ref> Some readings of the film found the Creeper to share characteristics with [[Norman Bates]] in ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' (1960), [[Leatherface]] in ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' (1974), and [[Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs)|Buffalo Bill]] in ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1991), characters inspired by serial killer [[Ed Gein]].<ref name="EdgarHorror2020"/>
 
Salva took one month to write the screenplay, down from his average of six months.<ref name="FangoriaInterview"/> He said he wanted the Creeper to kill characters that were for the most part male because he was "very tired of seeing women slaughtered and raped" in cinema.<ref name="WadellModernHorror2005">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ks1QDwAAQBAJ|title=Minds of Fear 30 Cult Classics of the Modern Horror Film|date=2005|first=Calum|last=Waddell|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101221159/https://books.google.com/books?id=ks1QDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> To conceal his [[final girl]]-styled ending from viewers, Salva employed [[red herring]]s throughout the first act so viewers would think Trish was going to die.<ref name="EdgarHorror2020">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJYFEAAAQBAJ|title=New Queer Horror Film and Television|date=October 2020|first=John|last=Edgar Browning|chapter=Chapter 1: 'My Brother's Creeper'|publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=9781786836274 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104161027/https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Queer_Horror_Film_and_Television/LJYFEAAAQBAJ?gbpv=1|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> His original script also featured a twenty-page third act eventually scrapped during production.<ref name="WadellModernHorror2005"/> In it, Darry drives the Creeper's truck into a train, unsuccessfully sacrificing himself in an attempt to kill the Creeper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horrorlair.com/scripts/JeepersCreepers.pdf|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' {{!}} Revised Draft 8/21/99 {{!}} WGA Registration #757904|date=August 21, 1999|first=Victor|last=Salva|author-link=Victor Salva|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103013740/http://www.horrorlair.com/scripts/JeepersCreepers.pdf|archive-date=January 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=February 4, 2021}}</ref> The entire sequence was [[storyboard]]ed by [[Brad Parker (artist)|Brad Parker]] in preparation for the shoot but, due to an unforeseen budget cut of $1 million, it had to be removed and rewritten.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pohocounty.blogspot.com/2009/06/return-to-poho-county.html|title=Return to Poho County|date=June 13, 2009|first=Victor|last=Salva|author-link=Victor Salva|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108094334/http://pohocounty.blogspot.com/2009/06/return-to-poho-county.html|archive-date=January 8, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=January 3, 2021}}</ref><ref name="PhilipsDiabolique2017">{{cite web|url=https://diaboliquemagazine.com/dont-fear-creeper-interview-gina-philips/|title=Don't Fear the Creeper: An Interview with Gina Philips|date=May 18, 2017|first=Emma|last=Westwood|website=Diabolique Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101214648/https://diaboliquemagazine.com/dont-fear-creeper-interview-gina-philips/|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> As a result, [[Gina Philips]] and [[Justin Long]] were allowed to improvise during the third act.<ref name="PhilipsDiabolique2017" /> Some scenes cut from the script were used in its sequel, ''[[Jeepers Creepers 2]]''.<ref name="WadellModernHorror2005"/>
 
Salva wanted the film's defining moment to be the reveal that the Creeper was not human and, to do so, kept the character mysterious throughout the first half by re-writing certain scenes, going against the advice of agents, managers, and established directors.<ref name="Commentary"/><ref name="FangoriaInterview"/><ref name="EdgarHorror2020"/> Salva gave his finished screenplay to executive producer [[Francis Ford Coppola]], who had helped finance ''[[Clownhouse]]'' (1989), Salva's directorial debut. As a result of the successes of the 1999 films ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'' and ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'', Salva received four offers from interested studios within two days of completing the script. Seven to eight months later, [[United Artists]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] acquired the distribution rights for $2.5 million. United Artists agreed to finance a quarter of the film's $10 million budget, with Germany's Cinerenta-Cinebeta and Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG supplying the rest.<ref name="FangoriaInterview"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71402851/jeepers-creepers-no1-at-box-office/|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' No. 1 at box office|first=David|last=Germain|date=September 5, 2001|page=19|work=[[Kenosha News]]|publication-place=[[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927124533/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71402851/jeepers-creepers-no1-at-box-office/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was one of five to be produced as part of a 1991 agreement between Germany's VCL Films and United Artists to co-finance titles from Coppola's [[American Zoetrope]], each budgeted at $10 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/zoetrope-myriad-plan-3-pics-1117861297/|last1=Vaucher|first1=Andrea R.|last2=Harris|first2=Dana|date=February 24, 2002|title=Zoetrope, Myriad plan 3 pics|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref> ''Jeepers Creepers'' was made years after Salva served prison time (he was released in 1992) for sexually abusing a child actor during the production of ''Clownhouse''. On working with Salva again, Coppola recalled "Some of the financing for the film fell through. One of the actors resigned when he learned about the case. So I helped Victor [Salva] get the job. I was criticized for it, but my attitude is, he has a talent, and that talent in itself is good. We don't have to embrace the person in believing that their art is a contribution to society."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-11-ca-salva11-story.html|title=Victor Salva's horror stories|date=August 19, 2024|first=Patrick|last=Goldstein|author-link=Patrick Goldstein|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 19, 2024}}</ref>
 
===Casting===
{{Quote box|quote="Even though I know ''Jeepers Creepers'' is a genre movie, the thing that drew me to the script is that it is a drama until The Creeper shows up. It's a relationship movie in a lot of ways. It's a brother-sister relationship movie. ... I feel that people connect to this film because there was an actual relationship between two people that they could latch on to and care about the characters." —Gina Philips<ref name="PhilipsDiabolique2017" />}}
 
Auditions took place in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="FangoriaInterview"/> Philips said she wanted to star after finding the script too scary to finish in one night.<ref name="PhilipsDiabolique2017" /> She auditioned twice by herself for the role of Trish, and then once with a [[short list|shortlist]] of actors who were auditioning for the role of Darry, one of which was Long.<ref name="PhilipsDiabolique2017" /> Salva said Philips had an "intense focus" during the audition process and that it was "her authenticity that got her the part".<ref name="WadellModernHorror2005"/> While Long was unsure going in to audition,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywood.com/general/jeepers-creepers-justin-long-interview-spotlight-57162931/|title=''Jeepers Creepers'': Justin Long Interview Spotlight|date=November 21, 2001|website=[[Hollywood.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101225319/https://www.hollywood.com/general/jeepers-creepers-justin-long-interview-spotlight-57162931/|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> Salva cast him because of his natural way of portraying fear.<ref name="Commentary"/> Coppola convinced American Zoetrope to forgo casting [[A-list]] actors in the lead roles in favor of the relatively unknown Long and Philips.<ref name="FangoriaInterview"/>
 
The role for the Creeper was written specifically for [[Lance Henriksen]], who Salva had worked with on ''[[The Nature of the Beast (1995 film)|The Nature of the Beast]]'' and ''[[Powder (1995 film)|Powder]]'' (both 1995), but he dropped out of the project.<ref name="FangoriaBreck">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_206/page/n21/mode/2up|chapter=Meet the Creeper|title=''Jeepers Creepers''|date=September 2001|first=Don|last=Kaye|issue=206|pages=22{{hyphen}}23|publisher=[[Fangoria]]|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_206/mode/2up|archive-date=May 1, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> [[Jonathan Breck]] auditioned to face his own fears of the horror genre.<ref name="WadellModernHorror2005"/><ref name="FangoriaBreck"/> After being told that he would be showing his own interpretation of the Creeper, Breck spent his time researching different animal movements.<ref name="BreckJigsawLounge2003"/> On the day of his audition, he shaved his head and took part in the "sniff test", where he was told to sniff the casting crew while in character.<ref name="BreckJigsawLounge2003"/><ref name="Commentary"/><ref name="BreckHorrorNews2010">{{cite web|url=https://horrornews.net/49027/interview-jonathan-breck-jeepers-creepers-12/|title=Interview: Jonathan Breck (''Jeepers Creepers'' 1, 2)|date=January 4, 2010|first=Adrian|last=Halen|website=Horrornews.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101224657/https://horrornews.net/49027/interview-jonathan-breck-jeepers-creepers-12/|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> When asked about his shaven head, Breck told the casting director that the Creeper "wouldn't have hair", before getting the part.<ref name="BreckHorrorNews2010"/> Salva cast [[Eileen Brennan]] as "the cat lady" because of her performance in the short film ''[[Boys Life 2|Nunzio's Second Cousin]]''.<ref name="Commentary"/> Chris Shepardson played the "dying boy" that Darry finds while in the Creeper's lair. Due to budget reasons, Salva had to write the character without any lines, but during filming, the crew eventually decided to give Shepardson a short line to say.<ref name="Commentary"/> Salva made a [[cameo appearance]] in the film as a victim of the Creeper.<ref name="Commentary"/> A [[casting call]] was held on August 19, 2000, at a [[Holiday Inn]] in [[Ocala, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Low-Budget Film Puts Out a Casting Call for Extras|date=August 19, 2000|website=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|page=2}}</ref>
 
===Filming===
[[File:Jeepers Creepers - Gina Philips on set as Trish Jenner.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Gina Philips]] played Trish|alt=Actress Gina Philips grabs the edges of a large pipe; a car can be seen behind her.]]
 
[[Principal photography]] began around [[Central Florida]] in August 2000,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71189467/central-florida-to-see-lots-of-action/|title=Central Florida to see lots of action, film-wise|first=Roger|last=Moore|date=July 22, 2000|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|page=2|publication-place=[[Orlando, Florida]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927081115/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71189467/central-florida-to-see-lots-of-action/|url-status=live}}</ref> concluding after a period of two months.<ref name="OrlandoSentinel2000">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71189514/2-previous-movie-projects-faded-away/|title=2 previous movie projects faded away|first=Ramsey|last=Campbell|date=July 20, 2000|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|page=18|publication-place=[[Orlando, Florida]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927081102/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71189514/2-previous-movie-projects-faded-away/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Sources vary on the actual length of filming. While news reports and the film's audio commentary say filming concluded in two months,<ref name="Commentary"/><ref name="OrlandoSentinel2000"/> ''[[Fangoria]]'' says it actually lasted three,<ref name="FangoriaBreck"/> and a 2010 blog from Salva says the crew stayed in Florida for four.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pohocounty.blogspot.com/2010/07/creeper-still-circles-his-3rd-and.html|title=The Creeper Still Circles His 3rd And Biggest Film|date=July 6, 2010|first=Victor|last=Salva|author-link=Victor Salva|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102002136/http://pohocounty.blogspot.com/2010/07/creeper-still-circles-his-3rd-and.html|archive-date=January 2, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>}} Opening scenes were shot on the SW 180th Avenue Road in the city of [[Dunnellon, Florida|Dunnellon]], with the church used in the film, the now-former St. James Church, being located miles away in Ocala.<ref name="MovieLocations.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/j/Jeepers-Creepers.php|title=''Jeepers Creepers''|website=Movie-Locations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101235211/https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/j/Jeepers-Creepers.php|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> The diner, "Opper's Diner", was a set built in [[Lake Panasoffkee, Florida|Lake Panasoffkee]], and a reference to producer Barry Opper.<ref name="Commentary"/> An abandoned high school in [[Reddick, Florida|Reddick]] stood in for the police station,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thennowmovielocations.com/2018/06/jeepers-creepers.html|title=''Jeepers Creepers''|website=Then & Now Movie Locations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013715/http://www.thennowmovielocations.com/2018/06/jeepers-creepers.html|archive-date=November 12, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> while a now-demolished meatpacking factory in Ocala was used for the finale.<ref name="MovieLocations.com"/> The film was also granted permission to use the streets near three schools in Dunnellon. School officials expressed concern after learning of Salva's status as a convicted sex offender, and alleged plans to have students visit the set or serve as [[intern]]s, which an on-set publicist disputed, were abandoned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/08/30/Directors-history-causes-controversy/7620967608000/|title=Director's history causes controversy|date=August 30, 2000|website=[[UPI]]|access-date=August 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Film director's past worries school officials|date=September 1, 2000|page=5B|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]}}</ref>
 
Salva called the filming process "grueling" because they had to work during the summer, facing heat waves and high temperatures. Scenes containing the church's pipe were shot using a six-foot pipe outside the church and two pipes in a [[sound stage]] warehouse, where the final scene was shot. Due to the low budget, the art department's cafeteria was also used during filming and only a few fake bodies were made to appear in the Creeper's lair.<ref name="Commentary"/> According to Long, he and Philips tried to avoid interacting with Breck throughout the shoot to avoid connecting with the actor, which presumably benefited their performances by making them look scared when they were in character.<ref>{{cite AV media|first=Justin|last=Long|author-link=Justin Long|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CTWJMgasUIC/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CTWJMgasUIC |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Jeepers Creepers, it's been 20 years!!|via=[[Instagram]]|date=September 3, 2021|access-date=September 5, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 
The Creeper was designed by storyboard artist Brad Parker. Its costume was created by Brian Penikas from Makeup and Monsters while its wings were created by Charles Garcia and digitally rendered by Buddy Gheen, Scott Ramsey, and Bob Morgenroth.<ref name="FangoriaInterview"/> The Creeper's truck used on-screen, a 1941 Chevy [[Cab over|COE]] and originally a [[flatbed truck]], had its back section created entirely by production designer Steven Legler. During various takes, the truck stopped working due to its old engine.<ref name="Commentary"/> Long played the Creeper in the final scene, for the in-story implication that the Creeper had taken Darry's eyes; a [[plaster cast]] was made of his body for him to look through in the last shot.<ref name="Salva-2009"/>
 
===Music===
{{Infobox album
| name = Jeepers Creepers: Original Motion Picture Score
| type = film
| artist = Bennett Salvay
| cover = File:Jeepers Creepers - Soundtrack Cover.jpg
| alt = A shadowy figure stands in the center of the album cover for "Jeepers Creepers".
| released = {{start date|2001|10|2}}
| studio = Todd-AO Scoring Stage
| length = 45:29
| label = South West
| producer = * Bennett Salvay
* [[Victor Salva]]
| prev_title = [[Rites of Passage (1999 film)|Rites of Passage]]
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = [[Jeepers Creepers 2]]
| next_year = 2003
}}
The [[film score]] for ''Jeepers Creepers'' was composed and conducted by Bennett Salvay, also a [[music producer]] with Salva. Its music was recorded and mixed at the Todd-AO Scoring Stage by [[Shawn Murphy (sound engineer)|Shawn Murphy]], and edited by Chad DeCinces. The album was mastered by Patricia Sullivan Fourstar at [[Bernie Grundman|Bernie Grundman Mastering]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jeepers-creepers-original-motion-picture-score-mw0000016367|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' [Original Motion Picture Score]|website=[[AllMusic]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011020742/http://www.allmusic.com/album/jeepers-creepers-original-motion-picture-score-mw0000016367|archive-date=October 11, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>
 
;Track listing
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{{Track listing
| total_length = 45:29
| all_music = Bennett Salvay
| title1 = Main Theme
| note1 = With [[Victor Salva]]
| length1 = 1:20
| title2 = The Truck Attacks
| length2 = 3:04
| title3 = Back To The Church/The Pipe
| length3 = 4:17
| title4 = Finding The Body
| length4 = 2:39
| title5 = The House of Pain
| length5 = 3:05
| title6 = Kenny and Darla
| length6 = 1:17
| title7 = Trish's Surprise
| length7 = 0:45
| title8 = Trish and Darry's Theme
| length8 = 1:31
| title9 = The Truck Returns
| length9 = 0:41
| title10 = The Creeper Attacks
| length10 = 2:16
| title11 = Monster Mashed/The Big Flap
| length11 = 4:12
| title12 = Creeper's Tale
| length12 = 2:45
| title13 = Bone Appetite
| length13 = 1:09
| title14 = My Heart Goes Out
| length14 = 2:38
| title15 = Creepy Crawler
| length15 = 1:59
| title16 = My Brother's Creeper
| length16 = 6:34
| title17 = [[Jeepers Creepers (song)|Jeepers Creepers]]
| note17 = Music and lyrics by [[Johnny Mercer]] and [[Harry Warren]]; Performed by [[Paul Whiteman]] and His Swing Wing
| length17 = 2:21
| title18 = [[Hush, Hush, Hush, Here Comes the Bogeyman|Here Comes The Boogey Man]]
| note18 = Written by Lawton, Brown, Smith, Lang and Benson; Performed by [[Henry Hall (bandleader)|Henry Hall]] and the BBC Dance Orchestra; Vocals by [[Val Rosing]]
| length18 = 2:56
}}
 
==Release==
===Theatrical===
''Jeepers Creepers'' premiered at the München Fantasy Filmfest in Germany,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/fantasy-filmfest-schrei-ruhig-es-hilft-nichts/246696.html|language=German|trans-title=Fantasy Filmfest: Scream quietly, it doesn't help|title=Fantasy Filmfest: Schrei ruhig, es hilft nichts|date=August 6, 2001|first=Von|last=Nils Meyer|website=[[Der Tagesspiegel]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104025423/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/fantasy-filmfest-schrei-ruhig-es-hilft-nichts/246696.html|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinema-muenchen.com/movies/sneak.html|language=German|title=Sneak Preview|website=Cinema Muenchen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104152120/https://www.cinema-muenchen.com/movies/sneak.html|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> and at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] in Canada on July 28, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fantasiafestival.com/en/archives/2001|title=Year 2001|website=Fantasia Festival|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210104025757/https://fantasiafestival.com/en/archives/2001|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://fantasiafestival.com/uploads/Archives/Programmes-et-affiches/FT01-Programme.pdf |title=FT01-Programme |publisher=[[Fantasia Festival]] }}</ref> The film was theatrically released in the United States by [[United Artists]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] on August 31, 2001. It opened in 2,944 theaters and stayed in release for 126 days.<ref name="DomesticRelease">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3327821313/weekend/|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' – Original Release – Domestic|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101192400/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3327821313/weekend/|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref> In October, ''Jeepers Creepers'' was shown at the [[Sitges Film Festival]] and the [[Bergen International Film Festival]].<ref name="SitgesFilmFestival">{{cite web|url=https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/eng/arxiu/2001/programacio#01|trans-title=34th International Film Festival Of Catalonia|language=Catalan|title=34ed. Festival Internacional De Cinema De Catalunya|website=[[Sitges Film Festival]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104153252/https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/eng/arxiu/2001/programacio#01|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkiv.biff.no/2001/index.php?ID=Film&ID2=Vis&ID3=Nor&counter=66|language=Norwegian|title=''Jeepers Creepers''|website=[[Bergen International Film Festival]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104154029/http://arkiv.biff.no/2001/index.php?ID=Film&ID2=Vis&ID3=Nor&counter=66|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> The film had its German release on January 3, 2002, where it opened in 298 theaters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl403867393/weekly/|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' – Original Release – Germany|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210105215048/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl403867393/weekly/|archive-date=January 5, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref> On May 24, 2018, the film was theatrically re-released in Colombia.<ref name="ColumbiaRelease">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl638748417/weekend/|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' – 2018 Re-release – Columbia|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105214925/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl638748417/weekend/|archive-date=January 5, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref>
 
===Home media===
''Jeepers Creepers'' was released on [[DVD-Video|DVD]] by [[MGM Home Entertainment]] on January 8, 2002,<ref>{{cite the numbers|id=Jeepers-Creepers#tab=summary|title=Jeepers Creepers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103003802/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jeepers-Creepers|archive-date=January 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> featuring two viewing options for viewers: standard or widescreen. A special edition of the DVD includes ten deleted and extended scenes, an audio commentary track featuring Salva, a six-part [[featurette]] on the making of the movie titled "Behind the Peepers – The Making of ''Jeepers Creepers''", a photo gallery, and a theatrical trailer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/01/17/jeepers-creepers|title=''Jeepers Creepers''|date=January 17, 2002|first=Rick|last=Sanchez|website=[[IGN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104165139/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/01/17/jeepers-creepers|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> On September 11, 2012, the film was released on [[Blu-ray]] by MGM and [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment]], containing all of the same features from the DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/728328-three-more-genre-films-receive-blu-ray-release-date|title=Three More Genre Films Receive a Blu-ray Release Date|date=July 20, 2012|first=Tyler|last=Doupe|website=ComingSoon.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104171335/https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/728328-three-more-genre-films-receive-blu-ray-release-date|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> On June 14, 2016, a two-disc Blu-ray Collector's Edition of the film was released by [[Shout! Factory]], featuring a "Then and Now" featurette, interviews with producer Barry Opper and actress [[Patricia Belcher]], and a new audio commentary on the film featuring the voices of Salva, Philips, and Long.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whysoblu.com/jeepers-creepers-get-scream-factory-collectors-editions-june-14th/|title=Both ''Jeepers Creepers'' Get Scream Factory Collector's Editions June 14th!|date=May 4, 2016|first=Brandon|last=Peters|website=Why So Blu?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104172813/https://whysoblu.com/jeepers-creepers-get-scream-factory-collectors-editions-june-14th/|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> On October 12, 2020, the film was digitally released by 101 Films, who later released the film in the United Kingdom on a Blu-ray set containing the same features as the ones found in the original special edition of the DVD and the Blu-ray Collector's Edition from Shout! Factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thepeoplesmovies.com/2020/10/101-films-giving-jeepers-creepers-a-blu-ray-release/|title=101 Films Giving ''Jeepers Creepers'' A Blu-ray Release|date=October 7, 2020|first=Paul|last=Devine|website=The Peoples Movies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104173240/https://thepeoplesmovies.com/2020/10/101-films-giving-jeepers-creepers-a-blu-ray-release/|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top10films.co.uk/61431-jeepers-creepers-gets-new-uk-blu-ray-from-101-films-hits-digital-too/|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' Gets New UK Blu-ray From 101 Films; Hits Digital Too|date=October 7, 2020|first=Finn|last=Cole|website=Top10Films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104174812/https://www.top10films.co.uk/61431-jeepers-creepers-gets-new-uk-blu-ray-from-101-films-hits-digital-too/|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref>
 
==Reception==
===Box Officeoffice===
In its original release, ''Jeepers Creepers'' grossed $37.9 million in the United States and Canada and $21.3 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $59.2 million.<ref name="OriginalReleaseTotal">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr131355141/|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' – Original Release – All Territories|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210105221729/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr131355141/|archive-date=January 5, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref> Its 2018 re-release managed to earn the film $153 thousand in Colombia,<ref name="ColumbiaRelease"/> bringing the film's worldwide total to $59.4 million.<ref name="BoxMojo"/>
''Jeepers Creepers'' opened in 2,944 theaters and took in a domestic gross of $37,904,175. It later made $21,313,614 internationally, making a total of $59,217,789 worldwide.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jeeperscreepers.htm http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jeeperscreepers.htm]</ref>
 
The film premiered in the United States and Canada on August 31, 2001, in 2,944 theaters on [[Labor Day]] weekend.<ref name="DomesticRelease"/> It made $15.8 million in its first four days, ranking 1st in front of ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'' ($11.2 million), and broke the record for the highest Labor Day opening weekend previously held by the 1996 film ''[[The Crow: City of Angels]]'' ($9.8 million).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71402391/jeepers-creepers-tops-the-box-office/|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' tops the box office|date=September 4, 2001|page=34|work=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|publication-place=[[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-date=September 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929110503/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71402391/jeepers-creepers-tops-the-box-office/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was able to hold the record until the release of its sequel, ''Jeepers Creepers 2'' (2003), which made $18.3 million on its own Labor Day weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/131400830-Featured-Blu-ray-Review-Jeepers-Creepers|title=Featured Blu-ray Review: ''Jeepers Creepers''|date=October 5, 2012|first=C.S.|last=Strowbridge|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105224838/https://www.the-numbers.com/news/131400830-Featured-Blu-ray-Review-Jeepers-Creepers|archive-date=January 5, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2003W35/occasion/us_laborday_weekend/|title=Domestic 2003 Weekend 35 {{!}} August 29–September 1, 2003 – Labor Day weekend (US)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105231059/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2003W35/occasion/us_laborday_weekend/|archive-date=January 5, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref> ''Jeepers Creepers'' made $18.1 million in its first week,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekly/2001W35/|title=Domestic 2001 Week 35 {{!}} August 31-September 6, 2001|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220035436/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekly/2001W35/|archive-date=February 20, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref> and grossed $6.2 million in its second behind the releases of ''[[The Musketeer]]'' ($10.3 million) and ''[[Two Can Play That Game (film)|Two Can Play That Game]]'' ($7.7 million).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71571560/musketeer-puts-box-office-competitors/|title=''Musketeer'' puts box office competitors on guard|date=September 11, 2001|page=15|work=[[The Reporter (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)|The Reporter]]|publication-place=[[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=February 20, 2021|archive-date=September 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929110500/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71571560/musketeer-puts-box-office-competitors/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In the United Kingdom, ''Jeepers Creepers'' opened on October 19, 2001, making $2.2 million in its first weekend, and a total of $8.8 million in the country. The film's largest markets after the U.K. were Mexico ($2.5 million), Spain ($2.1 million), and Italy ($2.1 million). In Germany, the film began its theatrical release on January 3, 2002, and grossed $1.3 million.<ref name="OriginalReleaseTotal"/> In other countries apart from the United States and Canada, ''Jeepers Creepers'' made $21.3 million, bringing its total box office gross to $59.2 million.<ref name="OriginalReleaseTotal"/> On May 24, 2018, the film was re-released in Colombia in 83 theaters, earning $153 thousand.<ref name="ColumbiaRelease"/> Against its $10 million budget, the film was a commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thetempest.co/2017/10/19/entertainment/jeepers-creepers-director-is-awful/|title=The director of ''Jeepers Creepers 3'' is more terrifying than the monsters in his own movies|date=October 19, 2017|first=Nushrat|last=Nur|website=[[The Tempest (media company)|The Tempest]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108132333/https://thetempest.co/2017/10/19/entertainment/jeepers-creepers-director-is-awful/|archive-date=January 8, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>
 
===Critical response===
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 46% of 115 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Jeepers Creepers has a promising start. Unfortunately, the tension and suspense quickly deflates into genre cliches as movie goes on."<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web |title=''Jeepers Creepers'' |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jeepers_creepers |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date={{RT data|access date}} |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status=}} {{#if:{{wikidata|property|P444}}|{{EditAtWikidata|qid={{wikidata|label|raw}}|pid=P444}}}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a [[Weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]], assigned the {{#switch: | episode = episode | series = series | film }} a score of 49 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |title=''Jeepers Creepers'' |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/jeepers-creepers |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Fandom (website)#Fandom, Inc.|Fandom, Inc.]] |access-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status=}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade rating of "D" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinemascore.com/ |title=CinemaScore |website=[[CinemaScore]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809062201/http://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |access-date=January 8, 2021}}{{cbignore}} Each film's score can be accessed from the website's search bar.</ref>
 
Several critics praised the film's first half but criticized the second half. [[Stephen Holden]], from ''[[The New York Times]]'', said that once the Creeper was revealed, the film "surrenders its imagination to formulaic plot filler".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/31/movies/film-review-whatever-it-is-it-s-awfully-hungry.html|title=Film Review; Whatever It Is, It's Awfully Hungry|date=August 31, 2001|first=Stephen|last=Holden|author-link=Stephen Holden|website=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926155912/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/31/movies/film-review-whatever-it-is-it-s-awfully-hungry.html|archive-date=September 26, 2020|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[Peter Bradshaw]] said the film "goes right down the pan" after its opening scene and that it is "not genuinely scary or genuinely funny".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/oct/19/culture.reviews4|title=''Jeepers Creepers''|date=October 18, 2001|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|author-link=Peter Bradshaw|website=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107160321/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/oct/19/culture.reviews4|archive-date=January 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2021|via=[[TheGuardian.com]]}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' film critic [[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]] shared only positive feedback on the film and said it had the "scariest opening sequence of any horror picture in recent memory" and that "Salva has expertly built up enough sheer terror that [it is] uncomfortable to watch."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-31-ca-40364-story.html|title=Clever ''Jeepers Creepers'' Pushes Too Far|date=August 31, 2001|first=Kevin|last=Thomas|author-link=Kevin Thomas (film critic)|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108133318/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-31-ca-40364-story.html|archive-date=January 8, 2021|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref> From ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', [[Nathan Rabin]] wrote that the film "begins promisingly with an economical first half [...] but once its monster takes center stage, ''Jeepers Creepers'' heads downhill in a hurry."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/jeepers-creepers-1798192727|title=''Jeepers Creepers''|date=August 24, 2001|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|author-link=Nathan Rabin|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124021629/https://film.avclub.com/jeepers-creepers-1798192727|archive-date=November 24, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>
 
From [[BBC News]], Nev Pierce called it an "unsettling, gory, but intelligent horror flick", and compared it positively to ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/09/19/jeepers_creepers_2001_review.shtml|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' (2001)|date=October 18, 2001|first=Nev|last=Pierce|website=[[BBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629101017/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/09/19/jeepers_creepers_2001_review.shtml|archive-date=June 29, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> Writing for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', [[Robert K. Elder]] said he disliked the film simply because many parts were left unexplained.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-08-31-0109010249-story.html|title=Jeepers! This 'Creepers' is really bad|date=August 31, 2001|first=Robert|last=K. Elder|author-link=Robert K. Elder|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210106233309/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-08-31-0109010249-story.html|archive-date=January 6, 2021|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> ''[[The GW Hatchet]]'' journalist Mira Katz called the film "tragic", criticizing the writing, visual effects and the finale of the film, stating that it would leave the viewer with a "general sense of disappointment".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gwhatchet.com/2001/08/30/jeepers-creepers-goes-back-to-the-b-movie-basics/|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' goes back to the B-movie basics|date=August 30, 2001|first=Mira|last=Katz|website=[[The GW Hatchet]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809225255/https://www.gwhatchet.com/2001/08/30/jeepers-creepers-goes-back-to-the-b-movie-basics/|archive-date=August 9, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> Film critic [[David Edelstein]], from ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' magazine, criticized the film's general storyline and 90-minute runtime but said that "the movie is good enough to put a chill into the late-summer air".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2001/09/the-horror-the-horror.html|title=The Horror, the Horror|date=August 31, 2001|first=David|last=Edelstein|author-link=David Edelstein|website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107142758/https://slate.com/culture/2001/09/the-horror-the-horror.html|archive-date=January 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref>
 
===AwardsAccolades===
At the Sitges Film Festival in 2001, ''Jeepers Creepers'' received a nomination for Best Film but lost to ''[[Vidocq (2001 film)|Vidocq]]''.<ref name="SitgesFilmFestival"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/films/jeepers-creepers/awards|title=''Jeepers Creepers'' {{!}} Awards & Festivals|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106143507/https://mubi.com/films/jeepers-creepers/awards|archive-date=January 6, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> The following year, the film was nominated for three awards at the [[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards]], winning for Best Wide-Release Film and Best Supporting Actor (Jonathan Breck).<ref name="FangoriaAwards">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_214_2002_halloween_resurrection_c2c_hqs_badcover/page/n9/mode/2up|title=Halloween Resurrection|chapter=The 11th Annual Chainsaw Awards|date=July 2002|issue=214|page=11|publisher=[[Fangoria]]|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_214_2002_halloween_resurrection_c2c_hqs_badcover/|archive-date=May 1, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> At that same ceremony, Brian Penikas was nominated for Best Makeup/Creature FX for his design of the Creeper but lost to the [[KNB EFX Group]] for their work on ''[[Thirteen Ghosts]]''.<ref name="FangoriaAwards"/> On April 13, 2002, the film received a nomination for Best Movie at the [[International Horror Guild Award]]s but lost to the Canadian film ''[[Ginger Snaps (film)|Ginger Snaps]]'' by [[John Fawcett (director)|John Fawcett]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horroraward.org/prevrec.html|title=IHG Award Recipients|website=[[International Horror Guild Award|International Horror Guild]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815084030/http://horroraward.org/prevrec.html|archive-date=August 15, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> On [[28th Saturn Awards|June 10, 2002]], the film earned a [[Saturn Awards|Saturn Award nomination]] for [[Saturn Award for Best Horror Film|Best Horror Film]], while Justin Long was nominated for [[Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor|Best Performance by a Younger Actor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/the-2001-saturn-awards/|title=The 2001 Saturn Awards|date=June 13, 2002|first=Brian|last=B.|website=[[MovieWeb]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106152937/https://movieweb.com/the-2001-saturn-awards/|archive-date=January 6, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref>
*'''Won''': Crystal Reel Awards—Best Feature
*'''Nominated''': Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films—Saturn Award Best Horror Film
*'''Nominated''': Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films—Best Performance by a Younger Actor: Justin Long
*'''Nominated''': International Horror Guild—IHG Award Best Movie
*'''Nominated''': Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival—Best Film: Victor Salva
 
==Sequels==
==Filming locations==
{{Main|Jeepers Creepers (film series){{!}}''Jeepers Creepers'' (film series)}}
Jeepers Creepers was shot in Central [[Florida]]. Specific locations are below.
{{See also|Jeepers Creepers 2{{!}}''Jeepers Creepers 2''|Jeepers Creepers 3{{!}}''Jeepers Creepers 3''|Jeepers Creepers: Reborn{{!}}''Jeepers Creepers: Reborn''}}
*[[Bushnell, Florida|Bushnell]]
*[[Dunnellon, Florida|Dunnellon]]
*[[Lake County, Florida|Lake County]]
*[[Marion County, Florida|Marion County]]
*[[Ocala, Florida|Ocala]]
*[[Sumter County, Florida|Sumter County]]
*[[Wildwood, Florida|Wildwood]]
 
Two direct sequels written and directed by Victor Salva have been released.<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|first=Michael|last=Kennedy|website=[[Screen Rant]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107235417/https://screenrant.com/jeepers-creepers-3-movie-controversial-reason/|archive-date=January 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> The first sequel, ''Jeepers Creepers 2'', premiered on August 29, 2003, and takes place a few days after the original.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/29/movies/film-review-teenagers-make-the-best-hors-d-oeuvres.html|title=Film Review; Teenagers Make the Best Hors d'Oeuvres|date=August 29, 2003|first=Dave|last=Kehr|author-link=Dave Kehr|website=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925180203/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/29/movies/film-review-teenagers-make-the-best-hors-d-oeuvres.html|archive-date=September 25, 2020|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref> In it, the Creeper pursues a bus filled with teenage students, who try to defeat the creature with the help of Jack Taggart, a man who seeks to avenge the death of his younger son Billy, who had been taken by the Creeper one day prior.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jeepers-creepers-2-2003|title=''Jeepers Creepers 2''|date=August 29, 2003|first=Roger|last=Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108000624/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jeepers-creepers-2-2003|archive-date=January 8, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref> The film features a cameo appearance from Justin Long, who reprises his role as Darry, and the appearance of Tom Tarantini, who portrayed a prisoner in the original and Coach Dwayne Barnes in the second film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20030829/News/604162329/GS|title=''Creepers 2'' a guilty, gory pleasure|date=August 29, 2003|first=Christopher|last=Lloyd|website=Gainesville|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108001233/https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20030829/News/604162329/GS|archive-date=January 8, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bca128e80|title=Tom Tarantini|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108001528/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bca128e80|archive-date=January 8, 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>
==Alternate Versions==
*After the end scene when the Creeper gets what he wants, there was an extended ending (cut out). In this ending everything was just a story told by a person named Gary (also played by Justin Long) to his girlfriend, Lisa (also played by Gina Philips). She doesn't believe him and they leave their camping site so they don't miss the bus. But instead of getting on the bus, they hitchhike and get picked up by a green truck. Unfortunately, it turns out to be the Creeper's truck and as the scene fades out, Lisa turns on the radio where "Jeepers Creepers" is playing.
*Special Edition DVD contains a supplemental section featuring numerous scenes that were deleted or shortened. They include:
**Slightly altered opening scene; also includes some additional dialogue in which the kids talk about their mother.
**A longer sequence the Creeper eating the tongue (which was originally trimmed to avoid an "NC-17" rating).
**The initial scene inside the church basement is slightly extended.
**Longer sequence inside the car on the way to the diner.
**Longer strip-a-cop sequence.
**The scene where the Creeper attacks the kids in the road (after killing the Cat Lady) is slightly extended.
**Longer phone call home.
**Longer sequence of the Creeper entering the police station.
**An alternate ending in which the final shot in the theatrical ending was more of a subtle insinuation than a graphic display of what happened.
 
In 2015, after Salva shared his intentions in making a film focusing on the return of Gina Philips as Trish Jenner,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/jeepers-creepers-3-director-victor-salva/|title=''Jeepers Creepers 3'' Is Finally Happening|date=September 11, 2015|website=[[MovieWeb]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107224124/https://movieweb.com/jeepers-creepers-3-director-victor-salva/|archive-date=January 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> ''Jeepers Creepers 3: Cathedral'' was officially greenlit.<ref>{{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|date=September 11, 2015|first=Dave|last=McNary|author-link=Dave McNary|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107224342/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/jeepers-creepers-3-francis-ford-coppola-1201590943/|archive-date=January 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> However, Philips' role in the film was brought down to a cameo, and the film was released in 2017 by [[Screen Media Films]] as simply ''Jeepers Creepers 3''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/jeepers-creepers-4-movie-updates-cast-release-date/|title=Everything You Need To Know About ''Jeepers Creepers 4''|date=March 28, 2019|first=Padraig|last=Cotter|website=[[Screen Rant]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107231420/https://screenrant.com/jeepers-creepers-4-movie-updates-cast-release-date/|archive-date=January 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/fathom-events-jeepers-creepers-3-victor-salva-child-sex-abuse-1202172930/|title=Fathom Events Re-Releasing ''Jeepers Creepers 3'', Despite Director's Child Sex Abuse Conviction|date=September 12, 2019|first=Chris|last=Lindahl|website=[[IndieWire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028172231/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/fathom-events-jeepers-creepers-3-victor-salva-child-sex-abuse-1202172930/|archive-date=October 28, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> The film takes place in between the two other films and follows the Creeper as it terrorizes a small community of people attempting to figure out its identity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://readysteadycut.com/2017/11/12/review-jeepers-creepers-3/|title=Movie Review {{!}} ''Jeepers Creepers'' 3|date=November 12, 2017|first=Jonathon|last=Wilson|website=Ready Steady Cut|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107230640/https://readysteadycut.com/2017/11/12/review-jeepers-creepers-3/|archive-date=January 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref>
==Trivia==
*Victor Salva originally wrote the role of the Creeper for [[Lance Henriksen]].
*Gina Philips (Trish) and Justin Long (Darry) were not allowed to meet Jonathan Breck before filming (in order to get a true reaction from them when they actually did see him with his full costume and makeup), nor did they see the BEATNGU truck before the opening scene was shot. When Philips first saw the truck, she said something to the effect of: "Is that the truck? Jeepers, that's creepy."
*The gear shift in the car was originally in the steering column. It was installed into the floorboard to fit the needs of the script.
*In the final scene, the role of The Creeper (usually played by Jonathan Breck) is played by Justin Long, who plays Darry Jenner. Long also played The Creeper in the alternate ending, which is featured on the DVD.
*'''Cameo''': ''[Jonathan Breck]'' The Creeper, appears without make-up as a policeman.
*'''Director Cameo''': ''[Victor Salva]'' Body in The Creeper's "house of pain".
*In Jezelle's living room scene, Victor Salva's high school graduation picture can be seen doctored up to look like a record album from the 1930s with "Jeepers Creepers" on it.
*The title was originally ''Here Comes the Boogeyman''.
 
A reboot, titled ''Jeepers Creepers: Reborn'', written by Sean Michael Argo and directed by [[Timo Vuorensola]], was released by Screen Media Films on September 19, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/jeepers-creepers-reborn-release-date-1234914059/|title=''Jeepers Creepers: Reborn'' Sells to Screen Media, Gets 2021 Release (Exclusive)|date=February 24, 2021|first=Brent|last=Lang|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224170442/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/jeepers-creepers-reborn-release-date-1234914059/|archive-date=February 24, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref>
===Goofs===
*The credit "Officer with hole in chest" is misspelled as "Office with hole in chest".
*When the Creeper is eating the prisoner and the guard shines the light on the Creeper's back, his zipper is visible.
*The Creeper's contact lenses can be seen in close-ups during the final confrontation.
 
==See alsoNotes==
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*[[Jeepers Creepers II]]
 
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