jeepers creepers 3 full movie

 jeepers creepers 3 full movie

s we've mentioned before in this series, horror threequels, or from any movie genre in fact, are notoriously hard to nail, in terms of quality. So, I won't dwell for too long about which part three have historically worked, and which should be pinned to the wall to rot like one of the Creeper's victims. However, as we all know, dollar signs in the eyes of studio execs can be a dangerous thing, and if there's a franchise primed and ready to be milked for all it's worth, just one last time, those suits will make it happen. For better, or worse. Which, my dear fellow gore-hounds, brings us nicely around to a franchise that had a lot of potential for multiple installments; Jeeper Creepers. And, yeah, I know what the title sounds like with my broad Northern England accent, so suck it up, haters. The first movie was a pleasant surprise, with a cool opening scene that paved the way for an equally cool and original villain, to lop off heads and pin corpses to walls and ceilings. The sequel, imaginatively titled Jeepers Creepers 2, followed the first movie a short two years later in 2003 and, as highlighted in our previous episode on the series, was a fun, watchable, but bang average horror flick. So, despite its long gestating development, could Jeepers Creepers 3 (watch it HERE) bring the Creeper back for a kick-ass, gory, all-consuming treat with part three? Stay tuned to find out, here on WTF happened to Jeepers Creepers 3.

The great part about the first movie in the Jeepers Creepers series was that after the tension and suspense that was built up in the opening act, the reveal of the antagonist spawned a memorable villain, deserving of some decent movies. Sure, the quality of the opening film may dip slightly once the Creeper is revealed, but its mythology is fairly original and intriguing. The ancient demonic creature feeds upon human beings for twenty three days, every twenty-third spring, which seems pretty excessive. Most sensible folk would settle for an all you can eat buffet at their local KFC. The Creeper eats lungs so it can breathe, eyes so it can see and basically whatever it eats, becomes part of it. The first two movies set up a series where the Creeper was positioned front and center, and despite some aforementioned flaws, they were enjoyable in their own right. A third entry should have helped to establish the mythology and provide a continuing springboard for the villain to thrive upon, then? Well, not exactly.

One person who thought a part three would be a good movie, or was at least happy with another steady paycheck, was returning writer/director, Victor Salva. As soon as the second movie was released, to less than favorable reviews, rumors of a potential part three soon began to surface, and it wasn't too long, 2006 in fact, before it even had a working title; Jeepers Creepers 3: The Creeper Walks Among Us. MGM planned to release it as a DTV title but struggled to find funding. Unfortunately, it would be stuck in development hell until the script was written by Salva with a new absolutely terrifying title; Jeepers Creepers 3: Cathedral and with Gina Phillips returning as 'Trish'.

The movie was officially given the ghoulish green light to begin filming in early 2016 under Myriad Pictures. However, director Salva's 1988 conviction for sexual misconduct with a 12 year old, meant that filming in Vancouver B.C. was halted due to talent agencies sending out a warning about his criminal past. The film eventually began production in 2017, this time in Louisiana instead of Vancouver which more closely replicated the Florida setting of the first movie. Alongside the returning Phillips, the cast also included Jonathan Breck who returned as the devilishly handsome Creeper, Stan Shaw as Sheriff Tashtego, Brandon Smith as Sergeant Tubbs, Joyce Giraud and as Deputy Lang. We also get Gabrielle Haugh as Addie plus her Grandmother Gaylen Brandon, played by Meg Foster, who's son Kenny was killed by the Creeper and appears to his mother in eerie visions she has of him.

The threequel is set between the events of the first and second films in the franchise. The exact time period within the movie is not explicitly stated, but it is established that the story occurs during the Creeper's feeding cycle, which as we all know by now, happens every twenty three years for twenty three days. The action picks up immediately after the events of the first movie, and tries its best to do something new and interesting with the franchise, to more than mixed results. There's more emphasis on the Creepers' previous human slaughtering vacation from twenty years ago, both with the living and supernatural. The main protagonist this time around is Addie who lives with her Grandmother on their struggling farmstead. So, the cast is OK, the premise for the movie is a nice departure from the norm, and with so much potential gory goodness to be found in the Creeper's past bloodbaths, part three could provide a fun break for the series