Jeepers Creepers II 2003

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: More than twice the budget but only half the chills Read more

Charles Savage, Miami Herald: A stark regression from the intelligence of the Scream franchise, this teen horror sequel is about as satisfying as low-budget food that's been under the heat lamps too long. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: 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. Read more

Ellen Fox, Chicago Tribune: Horror movies don't have to make sense in the real world, but when you have to help their internal logic along this much, it's pretty much a cue for heckling -- or checking your watch. Read more

Dave Kehr, New York Times: You don't have to be a horror-movie scholar to know that nothing significant is going to happen in any movie with '2' in the title. Read more

Boston Globe: Like its predecessor, Jeepers Creepers is suspenseful as long as you don't have to look its Creeper in the eye. Read more

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: Like Freddy vs. Jason, it's just another boogeyman movie, but being only a first sequel, its gore lore still smells fresh. Read more

Scott Von Doviak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com: A sequel that answers many questions, not least of which is, 'There was a Jeepers Creepers 1?' Read more

Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly: Salva squanders all of his original movie's not-entirely- awfulness and bumbles into the realm of unintentional comedy. Read more

Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: A limp sequel. Read more

Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: There's greater consistency to it, and considerably more humor, with macabre slapstick and fun-house ghoulishness that, at their best, recall early Tim Burton. Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: Some antic humor and socio-cultural observations, but it's basically a glossier, prettier version of your garden-variety slash fest. Read more

Bob Campbell, Newark Star-Ledger: The new JC is more consistent and efficient than the first, with classier monster effects, but less compellingly weird. Read more

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: JC2 lacks the all-important character development we got in the first installment. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's gory, repetitive, and not terribly interesting. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: For the first 40 minutes or so, while the movie takes place in the daytime, we have a brilliantly filmed version of a typical horror script. Once night descends, the film descends with it. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Larger in scope but looser in construction than the first, Jeepers Creepers 2 will satisfy undemanding genre fans but leave those in search of an intelligent guilty pleasure feeling shortchanged. Read more

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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: When it stoops to sociological concerns, as it does when the boys and girls on the bus bicker over matters of race and homophobia, Jeepers Creepers 2 simply collapses into incoherence. Read more

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USA Today: The performances are what one might expect. Wide, bugged-out eyes and open mouths are the standard acting choices. But worse, this movie manages to be boring. Read more

Andy Klein, Variety: 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. Read more

Greg Milner, Village Voice: 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. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Functional but tiresome. Read more