I feel obligated to give you some feeling for how I'm rating these. I have to confess up front: I love movies. As long as I don't feel like I've wasted my money, or more important, my time, I'm liable to give a movie a 3. Any less than that, and I wouldn't recommend the movie. A 5 is an indication of an average movie. A 10 is nearly unheard of, as is a 1.

Below, listed most recently viewed back, are the movies I've seen this summer season.

CPav's Movie Capsules
Thursday, September 06, 2001
Another late update
Two horror movies in two weeks, and I'll probably make it three with Soul Survivor tomorrow. Last Friday, however, it was Jeepers Creepers. Darry and Trish are brother and sister, heading home from an unnamed college in Trish's car, through the back roads of an unnamed state. Along the way, they are nearly run down by a mysterious truck. Shortly thereafter, they see the truck pulled off the road by an abandoned building, and its driver throwing something that looks like a body (okay, it's a body) down a drainage tunell. Against Trish's judgement, Darry goes back to look, and hilarity ensues. No, not really. I was just checking if you were still reading. Soon, the duo become prey, as the driver of the truck begins stalking them, leaving a trail of bodies in his (its?) wake.


Like The Others, a good portion of the tension in Jeepers Creepers comes from anticipation, suggestion and foreboding rather than gore. Oh, there are three or four scenes that are visceral enough to evoke squirms, and what the bad guy is doing, once it's revealed, qualifies as pretty gross. But, all in all, compared to the typical slasher movie, the bloodletting (at least on-screen) is fairly minimal, and the monster, when revealed, would not be out of place on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Which is not to say that the movie is not ultimately satisfying, although some viewers may not feel enough is explained, or may not care for the ending. I, however, did. Seen: 8/31. Score: 7.
posted by Charles Pavlack at 1:43 PM