Jeepers Creepers

If the reptile brain in you, that ugly little cluster of cerebral cells where all the destructive urges lie, needs a good jolt, Jeepers Creepers offers you just such a treat.

An unsettling, gory, but intelligent horror flick.

What it lacks in studio-level finesse it more than makes up for with unrelenting imagination and a creepily visceral punch.

The plotting is a tad generic, and the film feels long at a scant 90 minutes. But the movie is good enough to put a chill into the late-summer air.

Jonathan Brack’s Creeper is a morbid and perverted weirdo — every bit as funny as chilling — who totally steals the second half once he’s given more screen time to fool around.

"You know the part in scary movies where somebody does something really stupid and everybody hates them for it?," Trish says to her thrill-seeking brother, Darry, in the horror film "Jeepers Creepers." "Well, this is it."

There's a menace to it that creates a lot of tension, and the direction makes all the right moves, but the proverbial "big reveal" makes the whole thing seem more than a little ridiculous.

It's chock-full of memorable moments, snappy dialogue and clever touches.