What begins as a creepy story ends on a disappointing note. Jeepers Creepers is a scary, but unsatisfying roller coaster ride of horror. Still, it is worth a few moments of fear.

A bickering brother and sister, Darry and Trish, are driving home from college. On a country road, a man in a hat and trench coat passes them, nearly driving them off the road. A bit later, they pass the man on the side of the road apparently dumping a body down a hole. Of course they end up going back to the hole to investigate what it was. Darry going down the hole and what he finds is easily the creepiest moment in the movie.

The trench coat man is actually a demon known as The Creeper. He eats people for a particular body part that he desires. The usual chase scenes and scares occur. What makes this monster different from the usual slasher movie monsters is that The Creeper flies.

What also makes this movie different is that there is no sex. The first Halloween movie started a horror movie tradition that A Nightmare On Elm Street and Friday the 13th followed. Teenagers have sex and then die a horrible death. What kind of metaphor is that? Why the maker's of this movie decided to go with siblings and not lovers is pointless. A little on screen nookie may have added a little spice to this mediocre film.

The ending is surprising, but not good. I will not spoil it for you, but it does not match the eerie set up from the early part of the movie. Still, this is an okay Halloween movie that may have you do a double take the next time you see a scarecrow at night.

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