We all know about Victor Salva's awful past and because of that I make it a point to not support any of his films on a financial level. That being said, he does make fascinating genre pictures. Made especially more creepy considering the history. Now where the original films homoeroticism was kept to a minimum as well as the subtext. Jeepers 2 gets right out in front of it in an even more disturbing way. Being a gay man and at the time it was released in my early 20s, I appreciated the film for sexualizing men instead of women. Now looking back at it I can't help but see the obvious exploitation. That being said the man knows how to make a competent genre film. Despite it's checkered past I enjoyed Clownhouse and Jeepers Creepers. As well as some of the films that followed these like Rosewood Lane. This one has the Creeper trying to recoup his harvest after the events of the first film. This time around he targets a bus full of homoerotic athletes along with a psychic cheerleader. The movie is way sillier than the first and doesn't take itself seriously and neither should you. Its dumb and it's fun and the creeper is a cool character that definitely deserves his own franchise. It's just sad that his creator has ruined any chance this series could have had. Now I'm not saying these films are flawless by any means in fact this one has a heap of problems from tacky performances to nonsensical rationale and just a lack of clean execution. But it's still kinda creepy, kinda goofy and kinda fun.
Budget: $17 m
Domestic Box Office: $36 m
Worldwide Box Office: $67 m
3.5/5
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