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Jeepers Creepers 2

Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 120
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 93

Jeepers Creepers 2 is competently made, but it doesn't have the scares of the original.

15

Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 22

Jeepers Creepers 2 is competently made, but it doesn't have the scares of the original.

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Average Rating: 2.8/5
User Ratings: 338,043

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Movie Info

The Creeper is back, and he's brought his appetite with him in director Victor Salva's sequel to his popular 2001 sleeper. Stranded on the dreaded East 9 Highway while returning home from winning the championship game, a group of basketball players, cheerleaders, and coaches quickly realize that there's more to fear than a broken down bus when The Creeper descends mercilessly upon them. As his 23-day feeding frenzy draws to a close, The Creeper needs the sort of nourishment only a vital group of

R, 1 hr. 44 min.

Horror

Victor Salva

Dec 23, 2003

$35.1M

MGM/UA

Cast

All Critics (133) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (95) | DVD (30)

Salva squanders all of his original movie's not-entirely- awfulness and bumbles into the realm of unintentional comedy.

September 3, 2003 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Entertainment Weekly
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Many unanswered questions of JC2 -- the '23' theme, why no one in Poho County, save one, can seem to find a broken-down school bus.

September 2, 2003 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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I think there's a reason they're a no name cast. There's not really anybody that's really very identifiable, or very good in their roles.

September 2, 2003 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Ebert & Roeper
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It's gory, repetitive, and not terribly interesting.

August 30, 2003 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
ReelViews
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Functional but tiresome.

August 29, 2003 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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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.

August 29, 2003 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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If it's less successful than the first one, that is not the same as saying that it's a failure.

November 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comment
Antagony & Ecstasy

I was disappointed that it failed to live up to its first film...

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Cinema Crazed

... an impressive second entry, and proof perfect that Salva may become a legendary horror film director.

June 19, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter | Comment
ESplatter

The nameless monster is akin to an unintentionally funny hybrid of Batman and a blowfish.

May 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Comment
Lessons of Darkness

It's the kind of insanity that we enjoy watching with our friends, trying to figure out whether or not the director knew what he was doing.

March 19, 2004 Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | Comment

Avoids many of the pitfalls of the original by setting low goals and aiming for wholly generic, monster-horror mediocrity.

January 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Radio Free Entertainment | Comment
Radio Free Entertainment

Horror fans should get some enjoyment from this disc.

January 7, 2004 Full Review | Comment
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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Audience Reviews for Jeepers Creepers 2

Worse than its predecessor, this one has only one unintentionally funny sequence that's the least watchable. For the rest, it's a mighty sucker. With a generous heart, I give it 0.05/5.

April 29, 2012
imrealgod

Super Reviewer

Makes me want to go back and watch the original to see which I like best, but this is one of the best movies I'd seen in awhile...the creature is awesome. There is one of the deleted scenes I wish would've been included though, and probably would've made this a 5-star movie in my book.

January 21, 2012
stormyweather980

Super Reviewer

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