...s to have JEEPERSCREEPERS2 happen on the next day after the events seen in the first film.Scoop Feedback:3:27 P.M., January 18, 2002... The Zoetrope production website has posted for its readers where they can go to get audition information for Jeepe...
This Week’s RecommendationBennett Salvay’s eerie and eclectic little score for JEEPERSCREEPERS, Victor Salva’s affectionately and dynamically delineated monster movie, has come out on new label called Free Inc (3416), available through Percepto Records (...
JEEPERSCREEPERS presents a dilemma for the reviewer who wants to give readers an idea if they'd like the film or not, but doesn't want to give away the juicy surprises that make it recommendable in the first place. To an even greater degree than most thr...
JEEPERSCREEPERS may seem to be only a modest horror film and hit, but the film served to push this year's box office take for MGM to the highest the studio has ever experienced.According to Variety, the studio's box office take has passed their previous ...
There's something magical about Victor Salva's JEEPERSCREEPERS, an intangible, hypnotic quality that has lead to its becoming one of 2001's most talked about, and acclaimed, horror offerings. What is that mysterious quality that makes this film so damn g...
MGM Home Entertainment has released the specs on its upcoming DVD release of JEEPERSCREEPERS2, set for release on December 23.Two separate commentary tracks will be on the disc, one with director Victor Salva and select members of the cast, the other wi...
MGM has supplied us with four images from this summer's upcoming monster frightfest, JEEPERSCREEPERS2.Directed and written by CREEPERS creator Victor Salva, this time the Creeper is terrorizing a busload of high school basketball champs, their coach and...
.... And so, JEEPERSCREEPERS2 (refreshingly, there's no subtitle) picks up about four days after the end of JC1, with the story expanding on ideas that had to be abandoned from the original. Though originally introduced as what appears to be a Leat...
MGM has supplied us with a whack of stills from the upcoming JEEPERSCREEPERS2, continuing the reign of terror for The Creeper. It's day 22 of the Creeper's 23-day long feeding frenzy. As the final hours wind down the appetite of the Creeper only intensi...
When the Creeper returns for JEEPERSCREEPERS2, he may not be alone.According to Fangoria, writer-director Victor Salva has ambitious plans for the follow-up film. Those plans include more monsters, action and, of course, victims. The magazine notes that...
As previously reported, executive producer Francis Ford Coppola had already been thinking franchise with his JEEPERSCREEPERS. Now, so is MGM/UA.While talking to Variety, MGM/UA distribution and marketing prez Bob Levin spoke of a follow-up, saying, "We'r...
MGM has opened up their intensely interactive promotional site for the forthcoming horror film JEEPERSCREEPERS. Besides loads of Flash crafted pages, the site also features the film's trailer. Check it all out for yourself by clicking on the source link ...
Writer-director Victor Salva is talking about his film, JEEPERSCREEPERS, which became the first project in Francis Ford Coppola's 10 picture deal with MGM.While talking to E! Online's Anderson Jones, Salva spoke of the upcoming film was inspired, in part...
Standing there amidst the bales of hay and corn stalks at the Los Angeles premiere of JEEPERSCREEPERS2 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood you expected any second for someone to jump out at you dressed as the Creeper. JEEPERSCREEPERS2 has quite a lar...
This 2003 CD release is a curious and enjoyable novelty, at least, and a treasure of unique and somewhat rare songs from classic horror films. The songs have been re-recorded by a large assortment of notable Hollywood, Broadway, and cabaret singi...
Director-writer Victor Salva will be returning to oversee the third installment of this horror franchise. We do not know whether it will be a theatrical release or a straight-to-dvd release according to Ryan Rotten but the original creator of the first tw...
Actors are trained to deliver a wide range of emotions on command anger, joy, sadness but what does one do with a script that calls for being scared silly in the opening minutes of a film, and only growing more and more terrified for the next hour and a...
DAYS OF DARKNESS was a two-day convention, although I only went on Sunday when Cinescape's Editor-in-Chief and Director of BOO, Anthony C. Ferrante, would be on stage to promote his movie. Joining him was Producer David E. Allen, cast members Nicole ...
The origins of the "workplace comedy" are difficult to determine. The subgenre has been successful much earlier in television, and even radio (DUFFY'S TAVERN, AMOS & ANDY and THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM can be classified as such). In movies, the lineage can be...
I’ve been thinking about holiday movies since there are so many reruns and sports hitting the airways over the next few weeks. Many families rely on films like The Santa Clause to get them through the season but I can’t take that.&nbs...
ZIMMER'S LAST SAMURAIOn November 25, 2003, Elektra Records will release Hans Zimmer's score from THE LAST SAMURAI, an epic action drama starring Tom Cruise. The film marks a career milestone for Zimmer: his 100th film score. A pioneer in the use of synthe...
DreamWorks is developing a horror movie project called DEAD AIR.According to E! Online columnist Anderson Jones, the film's concept is inspired by the MTV reality show FEAR, which sends a group of kids into a haunted location to accomplish a series o...
Eastwood is bringing Dirty Harry back?
Rumor: Earlier this week, the trades reported Clint Eastwood has a new project titled Gran Torino planned. No specific details were mentioned but AICN followed up on it shortly after with a report that the project ...
...ler Bell (JEEPERSCREEPERS2), John Schneider (SMALLVILLE), David James Elliott (JAG), Eric Close (TAKEN), and many other.LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION is rated PG for "some mild language and innuendo". Check out www.looneytunesbackinaction.com or AOL K...
A host of provocative directors, actors and writers - including award-winning directors John Landis ("An American Werewolf in London"), Darren Bousman ("Saw II, III and IV"), Ronny Yu ("Freddy vs. Jason," "Bride of Chuck...
This week the Prize Closet holds copies of two DVDs about heroes assigned to quests by their respective deities. Enter to win by sending an email containing your valid mailing address to psycho@psychotronic.info. To win one of five copies of the thri...
...elease of JEEPERSCREEPERS2 includes a very good 10-minute featurette on Bennett Salvay's musical score. He is interviewed by and carries on an engaging dialog with director Victor Salva, who asks some very pertinent and relevant questions about his m...
When all the final numbers for last weekend's box office were added up, the Keanu Reeves starrer HARDBALL remained at the top of the list. However, the film finally earned $9.3M, which was roughly $800,000 less than initially estimated.Meanwhile, TWO CAN ...
The final numbers are in for the first real weekend of the fall movie season, and was pretty quiet compared to the big buck wild and wooly weekends of the summer. Still, out of a batch of newcomers, rather than summer leftovers, THE MUSKETEER rose up to t...
VIDEO NEWSJOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS died a quick death at the box office, but audiences will get a second chance to check out its off-the-wall pleasures when Columbia releases it to video on December 4th, making it a priority on my Christmas wish li...
Keanu Reeves' inner city baseball flick, HARDBALL, held on to its top spot in what was the worst overall weekend box office take of the year. In the final tally, the film actually made about $200,000 less than initially estimated pulling in a solid $8M.He...
DRADIN, HAPPIER THAN HE HAD BEEN SINCE DROPPING the fever at the Sisters of Mercy Hospital, some five hundred miles away and three months in the past, sauntered down Albumuth, breathing in the smell of catfish simmering on open skillets, the tangy broth o...
New Line has announced a foray into the horror-car racing genre (or, well, the creating of it) with the production of HIGHWAYMEN, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.New Line's Toby Emmerich told the trade the story will follow a rage filled man and his m...
Movie websites like CinemaNow and Movielink have begun offering major theatrical films for download. You can "rent" (download and store for up to 30 days) or purchase such titles as KING KONG, FLIGHTPLAN, 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN and lots more. The catch? The f...
...sp; JEEPERSCREEPERS2-pack (MGM) (O) THE JEEVES COLLECTION (Fox) Two adaptations from the 1930s of the PG Wodehouse stories about a worthless young playboy and his wise butler: Thank You, Jeeves and Step Lively, Jeeves. (O) &nbs...
VCDs are almost unknown in the USA, but they've been a hot item in South Asia over the past decade mainly because they're cheap and easy to bootleg. Basically they're a poor video encoding format for discs. They play on most players, but the video quality...
Wow, this is one of those week’s when the column is just loaded. Onward!
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
This month is definitely John Wayne month, with several packages being released in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth over the next few ...
When looking for alternatives to the run of the mill TV series, there are some interesting online options. For us science fiction fans, the best has been Sanctuary, an online series from the creators of Stargate and starring Amanda Tapping from Starg...
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JEEPERSCREEPERS2 (SCIFI, 8pm PST)This sequel to the cheesy popcorn film of the same name will have what little gore that was in it chopped here for time or censorship. Can the movie still be fun to watch?
DARK WATER (SUNDe, 8pm PST)The or...
... to Kobol.JEEPERSCREEPERS2 (10 PM CST, Showtime) I got those peepers at Target, four for a dollar.SATURDAY, JULY 30K-PAX (7 PM CST, ABC) Kevin Spacey plays a mental patient who may be an alien and may just be bananas (but either way, he certainly enj...
JEEPERSCREEPERS director Victor Salva has confirmed that he's involved with the remake of BODY SNATCHERS, reports BBCi's Nev Pierce. Salva told the reporter of the previous films "I think they're all so fantastic. I loved Abel Ferrara's, I loved Phil Kau...
...Buffy!(O) JEEPERSCREEPERS2 (MGM) The [IMG1R]Creeper targets a bus full of high school students in this horror sequel to the 2001 hit. Includes two commentraks, documentary, deleted scenes and more.(O) KALIMAN (Vanguard) 1974 Mexican superhero ad...
Shake that vodka martini, break out the anchovy olives, grab yourself a cocktail napkin and seat yourself down for two of the most delectably demented motion pictures ever made. MONSTER A – GO GO! and PSYCHED BY THE 4D WITCH are so out of this world man, ...
The Labor Day long weekend was much appreciated by Hollywood. MGM's JEEPERSCREEPERS2 performed better than expected at the box office, grossing $18.5 million in its first three days of release. That's about $3 M better than the first film earned in its ...
Typically, though it would seem to have strong potential, the Labor Day weekend isn't usually one of the bigger movie box office weekends, especially compared to other summer holiday weekends. Still, UA's JEEPERSCREEPERS had the best holiday weekend open...
The final numbers are in for the Labor Day weekend, and JEEPERSCREEPERS held on to its top spot, taking in $15.8M. Here are the rest of the top ten adjusted numbers:1. JEEPERSCREEPERS, $15.8M this weekend, $15.8M since opening 2. RUSH HOUR 2, $11.7M thi...
Keanu Reeves baseball melodrama, HARDBALL, took the top spot in a weekend where most people seem to be staying away from theaters and dealing with the week's tragic events. Still, the film did take in an estimated $10.1M.Coming up second was the Leelee So...
A handful of DVD labels specialize in multi-film budget packages, and this week we've listed a bunch of new ones from a label that relies on them almost exclusively, Mill Creek (formerly Treeline), and their new Pendulum imprint, which features more recen...
...one film, JEEPERSCREEPERS2, by less than 300k. And even more telling than that, less than two million separated DICKIE ROBERTS from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, now in its ninth week of release. What is it about films with ships and young lovers that au...
A number of new movies hit theaters this weekend, but that didn't really result in big bucks at the box office. Out of the group of newcomers, Universal's THE MUSKETEER took the top spot with an estimated take of $10.7M. Following that actioner came ...
...and MGM's JEEPERSCREEPERS2, now over the $30 M threshold. Last week's number one film, DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR, fell to fourth place; not so bad considering that film didn't cost so much to make. On the other hand, THE ORDER fell by more th...
In a weekend where Mariah Carey's GLITTER was the only new film release, the American public stayed away. Given recent events, the Friday night telethon and a lack of new films, it's understandable that this was an extremely slow weekend at theaters.Keanu...
It's unfair to call KISS OF THE DRAGON Jet Li's third American film. In LETHAL WEAPON 4, he was little more than a Special Guest Villain. ROMEO MUST DIE threw him into a hip-hop urban gangster drama with Shakespearean pretensions. KISS, though distributed...
...score for JEEPERSCREEPERS2 (Varese Sarabande 302 066 496 2) echoes the style and thematic structure of the first film, but more so wanted to break out and into a new kind of musical stratosphere. Much like the flying Creeper of the sequel, Salvay's s...
Screewriter Dave Kajganich has been tapped to write the new BODY SNATCHERS screenplay for Warner Bros. Kajganich has some experience writing about spooky stuff; his earlier job was for Focus Features doing a remake script of THE CHANGELING (the first film...
... Willard, JEEPERSCREEPERS2 stars Eric Nenninger, Jonathan Breck and Drew Tyler Bell and many others.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
...dtrack to JEEPERSCREEPERS2 (302 066 496 2) with a wildly horrific score by Bennett Salvay, who also scored the first film. See www.varesesarabande.com.SOUNDTRACK & FILM MUSIC NEWSThe score for the new
CABIN FEVER, a gruesome horror th...
...dtrack to JEEPERSCREEPERS2 will be released by Varese Sarabande on August 26th.Late July is set for the release of The Fred Karlin Collection, Vol. 3: Electronic Chronicle. This limited edition (500 copies) promotional CD will contain Fred Karlin's n...
...likely be JEEPERSCREEPERS2, with both AMERICAN SPLENDOR and THE BATTLE OF SHAKER HEIGHTS expanding the number of screens.Here's the list of the top grossing films from August 22 to 24, their weekend gross and the film's total gross to date: 1. FREDDY...
George Lucas is one of the world's most controversial filmmakers. Oh, it's not that the subject matter of his films pushes the boundaries of social tastes or challenges our way of life the last time he did that was with his first film THX-1138 (released ...