Just as the couple are peering down into the chute in horror, we pan out to reveal that this true story is being depicted in the fictional Macabre Mysteries, watched from someone’s iPhone. If any of this setup sounds familiar, that’s because Darry and Trish go through almost this exact scenario before encountering The Creeper in the original 2001 film. They spot The Creeper (Jarreau Benjamin) throwing bodies wrapped in sheets down a chute near a dilapidated church, just before The Creeper runs them off the road.
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An elderly couple (Dee Wallace, Gary Graham) is pursued by a dented, intimidating truck with a BEATNGU license plate. Not only that, Reborn is aggressively awful from top to bottom in a way that seems to spit in the face of longtime franchise fans.
Directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Sean-Michael Argo, Reborn does not contain so much as a tiny fragment of what made those first two films so special. Flash forward to 2022, and new title Jeepers Creepers: Reborn-this time lacking any involvement from Salva-comes to theaters by way of three-night-only Fathom Events screenings. A more apt name could have been Jeepers Creepers 1.5. 2017’s Jeepers Creepers 3 was yet another follow-up from Salva, but unfortunately marked itself as a hugely disappointing mid-quel that took place between 1 and 2.
That being said, the first two in the series (especially 2001’s Jeepers Creepers) rank among some of my favorite horror movies of all time. Discussing any of the Jeepers Creepers films is impossible without first acknowledging that their director, writer, and creator, Victor Salva, has an unforgivable past as a convicted pedophile.
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