...ummer hit JEEPERSCREEPERS which made $37 million dollars domestic. Supposedly Salva's plan is to have JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 happen on the next day after the events seen in the first film.Scoop Feedback:3:27 P.M., January 18, 2002... The Zoetrope producti...
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 JEEPERSCREEPERS 2, 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, JEEPERSCREEPERS 2.Directed and written by CREEPERS creator Victor Salva, this time the Creeper is terrorizing a busload of high school basketball champs, their coach and...
Victor Salva never intended for there to be a sequel to JEEPERSCREEPERS. In fact, he went out of his way to construct a concept that would deny continuation a demon that feeds on humans for 23 days before disappearing for 23 years. Any prequels detailin...
MGM has supplied us with a whack of stills from the upcoming JEEPERSCREEPERS 2, 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 JEEPERSCREEPERS 2, 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 JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood you expected any second for someone to jump out at you dressed as the Creeper. JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 has quite a lar...
...k, “JeepersCreepers,” of course, is an old Johnny Mercer/Harry Warren standard, originally written for the 1938 film, Going Places, and performed by dozens of singers and big bands throughout the 1940s and 1950s, which was appropriately...
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...
... faced in JEEPERSCREEPERS, a supernatural thrill ride about a pair of siblings being pursued by a mysterious evil menace on their way home from college for spring break. As the fiend whatever it is gets closer and closer to snuffing them, the sibs' ...
...n Long of JEEPERSCREEPERS and DODGEBALL) is in a holding pattern, waiting tables at a "Shenaniganz" chain restaurant in a drifting relationship with coworker Amy (Kaitlin Doubleday) and wondering whether to go back to college. Early on in his shift, m...
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JEEPERSCREEPERS (SCIFI, 8pm PST)
A drive-in movie kind of romp that’s no where near as gory as it should have been. The movie follows a brother and sister that are attacked by a supernatural monster intent on making a meal ou...
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JEEPERSCREEPERS (AMC, 8PM EST)
A brother and sister’s road-trip takes an unexpected turn when they encounter a supernatural being. Victor Salva wrote and directed this film that was actually executive produced by Francis...
...an Breck (JEEPERSCREEPERS); Bill Moseley and Sid Haig (HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES); Joe Turkel (THE SHINING); and Robert Englund (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) who was there to promote his new movie 2001 MANIACS along with the cast and many others....
...r films, "JeepersCreepers," including numbers from FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN, THE MUMMY'S CURSE, ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE, CIRCUS OF HORRORS, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, and such classic tunes as "Who Killed Teddy Bear?", "The Blob," an...
...ler Bell (JEEPERSCREEPERS 2), 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...
...va ("JeepersCreepers"), Mick Garris ("Riding the Bullet," "Amazing Stories"), Drew McWeeny & Scott Swan ("Masters of Horror"), Kelly Kennemer ("The Music Within") and Max Landis ("Masters of H...
...or Salva (JEEPERSCREEPERS). (O) OFF THE CHAIN (Ardustry) Documentary about how evil bastards turn innocent dogs vicious to feed their own greed. With a music video Our Gang and Betty Boop shorts featuring pit-bulls, dog trick footage and more.
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...elease of JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 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...
...pening 7. JEEPERSCREEPERS, $3.8M this weekend, $29.6M since opening8. AMERICAN PIE 2, $3.6M this weekend, $135.9M since opening9. RAT RACE, $3.6M this weekend, $47.6M since opening10. ROCK STAR, $3.3M this weekend, $11M since opening
...he recent JEEPERSCREEPERS, not this nonsensical, derivative, often-dull bit of claptrap about highway cruising vampires. Mixing elements of better films, including NEAR DARK and VAMPIRES, with a naked girl and veteran actress Carrie Snodgrass in a rar...
...pening 3. JEEPERSCREEPERS, $6,219,957 this weekend, $24,380,219 since opening 4. ROCK STAR, $6,018,636 this weekend, $6,018,636 since opening 5. THE OTHERS, $6,003,882 this weekend, $67,516,127 since opening 6. RUSH HOUR 2, $5,752,389 this weekend, $2...
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...
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; JEEPERSCREEPERS 2-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 ...
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JEEPERSCREEPERS (SCIFI, 7PM EST)
Good, ghoulish fun. Choosing to take the long way home for spring break, Darry (Justin Long) and his older sister Trish (Gina Philips) find themselves driving Trish's vintage Chevy through the heart of Nowh...
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JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 (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.JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 (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) JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 (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, ...
...and MGM's JEEPERSCREEPERS 2, 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...
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...
...pening 7. JEEPERSCREEPERS, $3.9M this weekend, $29.7M since opening8. RAT RACE, $3.6M this weekend, $47.8M since opening8. AMERICAN PIE 2, $3.6M this weekend, $138.9M since opening10. ROCK STAR, $3.5M this weekend, $11.2M since opening
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, JEEPERSCREEPERS 2, 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...
...t holder, JEEPERSCREEPERS, doesn't show up until the fourth slot with an additional $6.2M.Here are the rest of the weekend numbers:1. THE MUSKETEER, $10.7M this weekend, $10.7M since opening 2. TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME, $8.3M this weekend, $8.3M since o...
The Labor Day long weekend was much appreciated by Hollywood. MGM's JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 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 ...
...cently in JEEPERSCREEPERS, most memorably in THE TERMINATOR. But here Jet Li takes on the entire Paris police force unarmed, battles his way through dozens of tonfa-wielding kung fu fighters, and has a climactic battle with a pair of lethal, high-kick...
...score for JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 (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...
...remember?)JEEPERSCREEPERS director Victor Salva is attached to helm the new BODY SNATCHERS which will center on a young woman in a small town when the space pods strike.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
... Willard, JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 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 JEEPERSCREEPERS 2 (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...
...’s [IMG3L]JEEPERSCREEPERS (2001) was a creepy and effective horror film with a neat, textural score by Bennett Salvay released on CD in a somewhat elusive edition from Free Inc. Its success has spawned a sequel, which in turn has spawned a score CD of...
...likely be JEEPERSCREEPERS 2, 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...
...eators of JEEPERSCREEPERS", but the makeup f/x folks are all that film has in common with this one (aka HELLBORN).(O) BURIED IN THE SAND:THE DECEPTION OF AMERICA (Westlake) This doc says that because Saddam Hussein is a bad guy that the US had a "mora...