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.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
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.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
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.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
It does survive its 40-minute test drive before turning into a lemon.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Turns into a grab-bag freak show as desperate as it is arbitrary.Read Full Review »
Gets off to a great start and then simply shuts down, like an awesome vintage car on an ambitious road trip.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Loren King
The limp script actually has the characters spout ''Let's get outta here!'' more than once.
Or maybe that's just a wise member of the audience talking.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
After introducing a provocative opening, the movie settles in for some pretty cheap scare effects, as well as by-the-numbers computer graphic imagery for the actual marauder.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Desmond Ryan
A standard-issue, ineptly executed serving of the genre's staples, from skeptical cops to an all-knowing psychic.Read Full Review »