Not only is this the worst Creeper film in the franchise, it is by far the worst movie to get a theatrical release in 2022. And personally I think it is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Sure, there are really bad movies out there in general... many sci-fi films from the 50's and 60's are completely unwatchable. But this is a well-known horror franchise 3 movies deep and numerous comics... there is no excuse for this movie to be this bad.
The filmmakers did some hella shady junk to make as much money off of this as possible. First of all, they found a newbie actress with the SAME NAME as the girl in the 1st movie (she also had an ending cameo in the 3rd) and promoted the movie with her name, as if the actual actress is worth mentioning in marketing materials. So the real Gina had to go out of her way to tell people she had nothing to do with this garbage. Second, these people essentially made a Creeper movie without getting permission from the owners of Jeepers Creepers... they didn't acquire the proper licenses or anything. In fact, they didn't acquire licenses for the Jeepers Creepers song and sound effects (such as the truck horn) because they wanted to cut corners and save money, so they have some new wack Jeepers Creepers song and sound effects. This is especially egregious because they released the movie on the premise that this was a reboot for the franchise. There is no way in hell that this movie will ever serve as the 1st movie for a new trilogy... no way. This movie will become a footnote and be forgotten (hopefully) because it takes some of the best parts of the Jeepers Creepers franchise and forgets them on the account that it was cheaper to do so. And they tried to shoehorn all these random aspects of the previous movies and comics to give the impression that the lore is important, but the things they shoehorned in are of little importance for a franchise reboot (such as putting the rose pattern from the man's stomach in the first movie onto the throwing star..... yaaaawn).
Majority of the movie is filmed in front of a green screen. So, yeah.... that right there is all you need to know. And its not a Marvel movie, so its not like they did a good job with it... it is constantly noticeable and a distraction. And its horribly rendered. When the girl runs out of the car to go puke in the woods... even THAT is in front of a green screen! Entire scenes are completely green screen. All driving scenes, the church, the cemetery, the woods, and the house.... not real at all. No practical sets or effects... everything is just green screened and CGI... and it was done for the cheapest amount possible. So pathetic.
They probably had a total of 20 people cast as extras, which is really bad when the story partly centers around a "huge" rave with a contest that requires a 3-digit number to win the prize. The filmmakers made a bad decision to have some people dress up as famous characters for the rave, because as a viewer you cannot refrain from noticing them in every scene (for example, Beetlejuice is behind the counter in the ticket booth, he is in the crowd dancing, he is helping in backstage area, and he appears in a different crowd when the main characters leave). Other people are seen doing the same thing. The rave is hella weak and cliche with horrible set designing. At one point a generic dance track is being played by the DJ, then wifi cuts off and he says "no worries i have some records" (indicating he was streaming the song before the internet cut off), then he puts on the exact same track they were listening to before the internet cut off. So weak.
The acting is so incredibly bad. Its amazing that actors can be this bad. Pay special attention to the woman who runs the novelty store they go to near the beginning of the film, the woman hosting the rave (she should receive an award for worst actor to exist on planet Earth), the female main character, the female Asian main character, and the young man wearing a really bad fake beard while attempting to look 20 years older... he drives the van to the green screen cemetery.
The set design and costumes are horrible. But the new Creeper van is really bad. The filmmakers supposedly wanted to create a new one that looks more beaten and worn-down, but the truck looks like a Matchbox car purchased at Walmart.
The story supposedly is set in Louisiana, but it is painfully obvious that none of the actors speak Southern American. I read a comment on imdB that says the people had to train to "master" the southern accent..... umm, no!! They sound like British people trying to use a southern accent for the first time.... like when your British friends come to your party and get drunk and meet your Southern American friend, and try to imitate her accent to be funny, but fail miserably when everyone stares at them and tells them to please stop because they are embarrassed. Pay special attention to the woman hosting the rave.... you know, the woman I said should receive an award for worst actor on planet Earth.... she gives up trying to do the accent halfway through her scene.... omg I can't believe this movie was released into a movie theater, who greenlit this?!?
Did you see the scene where the people are hiding from the Creeper at the bottom of the stairs in a well lit room, but are not actually hiding and can be seen just sitting there, even as the Creeper comes downstairs....? Lmfao they don't try to run or anything.
Yes, this is the director's first movie, so i understand it will be bad. But I just gotta be honest and say that he should not make any more movies.... its that bad. Career-ending bad.
Did nobody realize that the story has subplots that go nowhere? Like, totally pointless stuff that isn't explained. Why does the Creeper need a fetus that is 7 months from being born... how will that feed him within the next 23 days? Why did the old couple at the beginning of the movie go back to the church to look down the hole instead of calling the police? Its as if the director said "well, they explained why they did it in the first movie so we don't need to explain it... let's just have the couple hold hands and go to the church, thats enough!" Come tf on!!! And why was the girl's friend driving his old, dirty inexpensive sports car in the middle of a forest nowhere near the main road? And why was a road sign at the intersection in that forest? And why was there even an intersection?!? How did his phone work there? What happened to him? Nobody cares that he disappeared. Dude got lost in a forest with roads that had stop signs and road signs and speed limit signs and his phone worked... jeeez. I truly believe that dude was friends with the director and he wanted to put him and his car into the movie, because there is no reason for it. Also no reason for the boyfriend to cheat on the girl with a random girl when they introduce the Asian girl blatantly hitting on him when they all meet.
So many problems with this garbage. 1/10 is being generous. How can a film be this bad?
The filmmakers did some hella shady junk to make as much money off of this as possible. First of all, they found a newbie actress with the SAME NAME as the girl in the 1st movie (she also had an ending cameo in the 3rd) and promoted the movie with her name, as if the actual actress is worth mentioning in marketing materials. So the real Gina had to go out of her way to tell people she had nothing to do with this garbage. Second, these people essentially made a Creeper movie without getting permission from the owners of Jeepers Creepers... they didn't acquire the proper licenses or anything. In fact, they didn't acquire licenses for the Jeepers Creepers song and sound effects (such as the truck horn) because they wanted to cut corners and save money, so they have some new wack Jeepers Creepers song and sound effects. This is especially egregious because they released the movie on the premise that this was a reboot for the franchise. There is no way in hell that this movie will ever serve as the 1st movie for a new trilogy... no way. This movie will become a footnote and be forgotten (hopefully) because it takes some of the best parts of the Jeepers Creepers franchise and forgets them on the account that it was cheaper to do so. And they tried to shoehorn all these random aspects of the previous movies and comics to give the impression that the lore is important, but the things they shoehorned in are of little importance for a franchise reboot (such as putting the rose pattern from the man's stomach in the first movie onto the throwing star..... yaaaawn).
Majority of the movie is filmed in front of a green screen. So, yeah.... that right there is all you need to know. And its not a Marvel movie, so its not like they did a good job with it... it is constantly noticeable and a distraction. And its horribly rendered. When the girl runs out of the car to go puke in the woods... even THAT is in front of a green screen! Entire scenes are completely green screen. All driving scenes, the church, the cemetery, the woods, and the house.... not real at all. No practical sets or effects... everything is just green screened and CGI... and it was done for the cheapest amount possible. So pathetic.
They probably had a total of 20 people cast as extras, which is really bad when the story partly centers around a "huge" rave with a contest that requires a 3-digit number to win the prize. The filmmakers made a bad decision to have some people dress up as famous characters for the rave, because as a viewer you cannot refrain from noticing them in every scene (for example, Beetlejuice is behind the counter in the ticket booth, he is in the crowd dancing, he is helping in backstage area, and he appears in a different crowd when the main characters leave). Other people are seen doing the same thing. The rave is hella weak and cliche with horrible set designing. At one point a generic dance track is being played by the DJ, then wifi cuts off and he says "no worries i have some records" (indicating he was streaming the song before the internet cut off), then he puts on the exact same track they were listening to before the internet cut off. So weak.
The acting is so incredibly bad. Its amazing that actors can be this bad. Pay special attention to the woman who runs the novelty store they go to near the beginning of the film, the woman hosting the rave (she should receive an award for worst actor to exist on planet Earth), the female main character, the female Asian main character, and the young man wearing a really bad fake beard while attempting to look 20 years older... he drives the van to the green screen cemetery.
The set design and costumes are horrible. But the new Creeper van is really bad. The filmmakers supposedly wanted to create a new one that looks more beaten and worn-down, but the truck looks like a Matchbox car purchased at Walmart.
The story supposedly is set in Louisiana, but it is painfully obvious that none of the actors speak Southern American. I read a comment on imdB that says the people had to train to "master" the southern accent..... umm, no!! They sound like British people trying to use a southern accent for the first time.... like when your British friends come to your party and get drunk and meet your Southern American friend, and try to imitate her accent to be funny, but fail miserably when everyone stares at them and tells them to please stop because they are embarrassed. Pay special attention to the woman hosting the rave.... you know, the woman I said should receive an award for worst actor on planet Earth.... she gives up trying to do the accent halfway through her scene.... omg I can't believe this movie was released into a movie theater, who greenlit this?!?
Did you see the scene where the people are hiding from the Creeper at the bottom of the stairs in a well lit room, but are not actually hiding and can be seen just sitting there, even as the Creeper comes downstairs....? Lmfao they don't try to run or anything.
Yes, this is the director's first movie, so i understand it will be bad. But I just gotta be honest and say that he should not make any more movies.... its that bad. Career-ending bad.
Did nobody realize that the story has subplots that go nowhere? Like, totally pointless stuff that isn't explained. Why does the Creeper need a fetus that is 7 months from being born... how will that feed him within the next 23 days? Why did the old couple at the beginning of the movie go back to the church to look down the hole instead of calling the police? Its as if the director said "well, they explained why they did it in the first movie so we don't need to explain it... let's just have the couple hold hands and go to the church, thats enough!" Come tf on!!! And why was the girl's friend driving his old, dirty inexpensive sports car in the middle of a forest nowhere near the main road? And why was a road sign at the intersection in that forest? And why was there even an intersection?!? How did his phone work there? What happened to him? Nobody cares that he disappeared. Dude got lost in a forest with roads that had stop signs and road signs and speed limit signs and his phone worked... jeeez. I truly believe that dude was friends with the director and he wanted to put him and his car into the movie, because there is no reason for it. Also no reason for the boyfriend to cheat on the girl with a random girl when they introduce the Asian girl blatantly hitting on him when they all meet.
So many problems with this garbage. 1/10 is being generous. How can a film be this bad?