Saint Mort’s Nostalgia Nightmare: ‘Jeepers Creepers’ Blu-Ray

Let’s address the elephant in the room first and foremost, Victor Salva is a bad man. For those of you who don’t know in 1988 Victor directed a horror film called Clownhouse. During production of the movie he raped and molested the 12 year old star of the movie, he also videotaped the encounters.

Salva was sentenced to 3 years in prison but only served 15 months. After keeping a low profile for a few years he returned to filmmaking and made Powder and gained more controversy because Disney had hired a known sex offender to make one of their films.

This is all important back-ground for going into Jeepers Creepers. The movie weirdly feels like a man’s confession. The Creeper is basically a predator of young men. He finds parts of them that he likes and he can not be stopped once he has that taste. At one point he is caught sniffing Justin Long’s clothing. It’s all just bizarre, creepy and unsettling.

Unfortunately for those who can’t separate a creator for his work… it’s actually a pretty well made horror film. The opening 10 minutes is well paced (and inspired from an episode of Unsolved Mysteries)… the Creeper’s House of Pain is an amazingly impressive set-piece and the Creeper is a unique and terrifying creature.

It definitely drags in the middle and the Creeper looks more like the Wishmaster than anything else but the final sequence is unsettling and will stick in your memory forever. 

Jeepers Creepers (as well as its sequel) were both released today on Blu-Ray from Scream Factory. Scream Factory has given us an excellent double disc release featuring two commentary tracks and tons of interviews and behind the scenes features.