Jeepers Creepers

Germany / USA, 2001. Directed by Victor Salva. Gina Philips, Justin Long, Patricia Belcher, Eileen Brennan, Jonathan Breck.

With Francis Ford Coppola as Executive Producer it's perhaps not surprising that this film is a little better than many in the same genre. The first half (about 45 minutes) is really very good, with director Victor Salva building up the relationship between the siblings and creating an uneasy feel where you sense something will happen but are unsure what. That said, it somewhat falls apart in the second half, as it develops into a routine monster movie which allows you time to think about the illogicalities of the plot. But overall not a bad effort, though I would certainly challenge the quote on the packaging: "the best US horror movie of the last 10 years".