Jeepers Creepers

As stylish as it is grisly, Jeepers Creepers has cult film written all over it, and it's not for nothing that Francis Ford Coppola has been a staunch Victor Salva mentor.

The movie is good enough to put a chill into the late-summer air. Salva has nasty surprises in the grim, minor-key last third, during which the feeling dawns on you that sleep for the next few nights won't come easily.

It may stir you, it may make you laugh. I am of the stirred variety. I do not want to meet this guy in the dark, though I've been meeting him in my dreams for years. We all have.

It may stir you, it may make you laugh. I am of the stirred variety. I do not want to meet this guy in the dark, though I've been meeting him in my dreams for years. We all have.

As stylish as it is grisly, Jeepers Creepers has cult film written all over it, and it's not for nothing that Francis Ford Coppola has been a staunch Victor Salva mentor.

Horror fans will still find it worthwhile. The ending is also a nice twist on the slasher genre.

Substantially better than its predecessor, even while staying strictly within the genre's well-defined boundaries.

It does survive its 40-minute test drive before turning into a lemon.

The first half-hour of this movie is sensational, creating an atmosphere of dread that any horror master would envy.

It does survive its 40-minute test drive before turning into a lemon.