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What were they doing in those 14 years between 2 and 3, staring at their shoelaces? I love the first two films because they are both scary and well made, but WOW, this film is GARBAGE. TRUST ME, this is coming from a HUGE JC fan! The film takes place between the 1st and 2nd movie, which is dumb because nobody wanted to see what happened between the 1st and 2nd movie. I wanted to see what happened after the 2nd movie, but even then, it's really confusing because the plot keeps jumping back and forth between all of these dumb characters. I couldn't tell if the film was set in the present day, in 2001, or in the 70's because of the craptastic pacing. There's even a scene where you can see a 2016 Chevy truck in a film that supposedly takes place in 2001. Speaking of pacing, there is none! Nothing happens in this movie and the film ends right when it should've started! There are so many characters that the film gets lost in itself. The first film had Darry and Trish, simple and easy. The 2nd film had the athletes and a side-plot revolving around an angry father, but it was still easy to follow and well balanced. Here, we have an old lady getting visions from her dead son, then we have Sargeant Tubbs from the first movie, then we have the anti-Creeper gang, then we have some teenagers, then we have a country boy who has a crush on a girl, and said girl also gets her own storyline. All the characters are pointless and are not flushed out because the film is trying so hard to give equal focus to everyone. The CGI is SO BAD and is EVERYWHERE in the film. It's so bad that my theater was laughing louder than the actual movie! The Creeper doesn't do ANYTHING, no smelling fear, eating body parts, he just sorta walks around and grunts. There's one good scene where a group of teenage bikers finds The Creepers truck in the woods, and it's the only good scene in the entire film. That's it! Worst of all, WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE CREEPERS'S ORIGINS!!! I've been waiting nearly 2 decades and we STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE HE COMES FROM??? The film ends on a cliffhanger but I do not want a 4th movie. This feels like it should've been made for the SyFy channel and seeing this on the big screen is like seeing Lake Placid 6 on the big screen. Just don't do it!

Oh man, where do I even begin?

I've been waiting for Jeepers Creepers 3 since elementary school. When the day was finally announced last month, I couldn't contain my excitement...well, I could, simply because Jeepers Creepers had worn off a bit. I had realized that the first film, though good in certain aspects, was an overall flawed film, and that the second film was an outright piece of garbage. I predicted that this film would be bad, but oh man, I never could've guessed it would be as awful as it turned out to be. JC3 makes JC2 look good. There's so much wrong with this movie that I'm not even sure where to start.

First, let's start off with the plot, or lack thereof. There are several stories Jeepers Creepers 3 could've told, but it's like they didn't know which one to choose, so they just made a film with no plot at all. JC3 takes place in between 1 and 2, which is a baffling decision since that story didn't need to be told and it ruins the continuity of the JC timeline. The film revolves around, like, 9 characters and I don't even know which character would count as the "main" character because nobody gets adequate enough screen time. We have Officer Tubbs from the end of the first movie, a character so minor in the original that it really makes you wonder why Salva would write him a lead role. Then we have the team of Creeper Hunters led by Stan Shaw. We also have some dementia-stricken old lady, her teenage daughter, the country hunk that's crushing on her, a group of punk teenage bikers, and the Creeper himself. They all have notable screen time but most of them are totally pointless and some don't even have resolutions of concussions to their characters. Notice how out of all of these characters, I never mentioned Trisha? Despite Gina Phillips's on-poster credit, she is not in the movie at all and instead has a 15 second cameo at the very, very tail end of the movie. The film constantly flip-flops back and forth between all of these characters at the most inconvenient times, and by the time the story has come back around to a set of characters, we've already forgotten what's going on with them because the story has packed so much into a 5 minute span, yet so little at the same time.

The errors in the plot continue as, well, there is no plot. Pacing is something that seems totally oblivious to Salva and company, as the film had no distinguishable act structure of any kind. The film still felt like it was in it's 1st act at the hour mark, and I'm honestly not even sure what the climax was supposed to be, if the film even had a climax to begin with! We're just watching the film and suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, the screen turns black and the credits begin to roll. Tonal shifts are aggressive in this film, as one minute it's an episode of Degrassi, then it's John Carpenter's Vampires, then it's Evil Dead 2, and then it's American Horror Story. None of it matches and it feels like 3 or 4 random scripts were cobbled together without any editing. There are some moments the feel like Salva was trying to make a borderline comedy, but it's unclear mostly due to our next point...

Next is the production. Salva is a great cinematic director and the first two movies are filled with gorgeous shots and atmosphere so thick you could cut it with a blade. I suppose Salva got lazy with JC3 because this movie feels like it was made for TV. The film is laden with abysmal CGI, some of the worst I've ever seen in a theatrical release. The CGI in the original film looked better, and that came out in 2001. The editing and lighting are often so awful that you can't even tell what's happening; there is one instance where a biker is snatched, or something, by the Creeper, but it's so quick and shot so poorly you can't even tell what happens. An audience member behind me said "what just happened?" and I was glad I wasn't the only one. The production actually reaches "so bad it's hilarious" status on several occasions, including a slow-mo scene with the Creeper that was so over-the-top that it had the theater erupting in laughter. Trust me, it wasn't the only serious scene where the audience laughed hard at something meant to be serious.

Even The Creeper himself is ruined. One of the most intimidating horror villains of the modern horror age has been reduced to a slightly irritated staggering drunk. Whoever decided to give him that bright red T shirt should be fired, as it looks severely out of place on him. Oh, and we STILL don't know his origins. By this point, being teased on his history comes off as a cheap gimmick, like even Salva has no idea what to do about his backstory.

So there you have it. JC3 is possibly 2017's worst film so far. Too many main characters, an unfocused story with no conclusion, too much plot yet somehow not enough plot, absent pacing, a nonthreatening and goofy looking villain, Syfy channel levels of production, some of the worst CGI ever, and a massive kick in the groin towards the JC fan-base. I used to wonder why this film was denied a worldwide theatrical release, thinking Salva's history may be the culprit. I've now realized that the more likely reason is that the producers saw how awful this film was and couldn't bear to release this on the big screen. It's most definitely a home release, and that's where it should've gone. Judging by how hard my theater laughed at every scene, I doubt I'm the only one who holds these opinions.

Jeepers Creepers 3 is less of a movie and more of a prolonged bowel movement. Production wasn't delayed, it was 14 years of cinematic constipation, but unfortunately, they finally crapped out a pitiful, useless end to the Jeepers Creepers saga. Ironically, the budget was probably less than a roll of toilet paper. Also, for the record, I am a die-hard fan of the first two films and I promise you I went into part 3 determined to like it, despite the garbage trailers and negative online buzz that was surrounding it. Bottom-line, the first film is scary, the second is fun, and the third is cancer. The creeper did not age well. Someone behind the camera has clearly lost their touch because this one just felt like a cheap, direct-to-video cash grab made without love or legitimate purpose. Avoid this one like the creeper himself and hope it goes away for 23 years... and then another 23 after that.

p.s. The ending is the biggest slap in the face to fan ever because the filmmakers know they won't be making another one... and I thank God for that.

It did not live up remotely close to the others. Story was bad. Acting was bad. Plot was bad. Special effects were bad.

Let me save myself some typing and you some time. Everything was really bad.

Go ahead. Watch it if you want. But you'll be all like "man that was bad."

I love the Jeeper Creeper Series but this was terrible. From drive the truck while standing on the hood, the rigged truck, the buried hand, and overall poor acting, except from the horse. I watched better acting on "In the Heat of the Night" in "Sparta Mississippi" and in my Charles Barkley voice, this movie was turrible.

I waited 14 years to be disappointed. The acting was terrible, the story lines were terrible, and the plot was inconsistent. Because of the time difference between when the second Creepers was filmed and the third, everybody has aged especially the sheriff. It was obviously he had on a wig and it made him look comical. Despite my disappointment I continue to be a Creepers' fan and hope that the fourth installment makes-up for the third.

I am not a fan of finding fault with films, I like to find any little things and assign them to the pluses. I know the director's past. This is my favorite director despite his mistake. He is very talented. This movie was almost great. It is basically a scenario. The only thing that upset me was the worst CGI. In the first two films, he was gorgeous. And that was 20 years ago. I understand that there was a low budget for part 3. It is sad. The director is so talented that he takes out the film for script and direction. People made sure that a director like Steven Spielberg could no longer produce masterpieces.

Jeepers Creepers 3 is a weird movie going experience. I loved the first one, and really liked the second one. I went into three wanting to love it. I didn't. But here is the weird part. The movie felt like it was never fully finished. Almost like a very rough first draft was the finished product. It almost looked as if they ran out of money before it was completed. It was very strange. If you are a fan of the first two, you will like to see the characters you love. If this is your first experience with the characters, you will be like what the hell did I just watch!

Everyone was laughing it was so bad. I just felt stupid because I haven't been to the movies in two years and I wasted my time on this trash. NOTHING like the first two. I kept expecting them to stop the movie and say it was a joke and play the real movie the whole time. The first bit is too dark to see anything, then by the time you do it's just total crap. I've seen better effects on YouTube, and the story makes no sense.

Normally with a movie like this that took so long getting and presumably had trouble securing financing, you'd expect the problem to be a restrictive budget. But actually "JC3" would have been better-and more like the earlier films-if it were smaller scaled and less costly. There's too much action here, too many characters, all unconvincing and sometimes silly.

But what's really inexplicable is that there's way too much of the Creeper, who is no longer a seldom-seen figure of mystery but one seen WAY too often, in broad daylight, moving around like a regular guy albeit in some kind of Comic Con costume. He's not scary this way. He's just some dude in a mask. Nor is the hitherto teasingly doled-out mythology at all heightened by overly graphic FX views of him in flight, or so much dwelling on the armored truck he's got that isn't just a "death wagon," it's made out of indestructible stuff and has all kinds of lethal gizmos more appropriate to a "Phantasm" movie.

Lingering on a few characters in peril, with few and frightening glimpses of the Creeper, was clearly something that worked well for the prior installments. All that gets thrown out the window here, only lessening atmosphere and suspense. Victor Salva remains a technically proficient filmmaker (at least compared to most direct-to-video-level horror directors), and there are scattered things to like, notably giving Meg Foster a major role. Having #3 bridge the narratives of #1 and #2 was at least an unexpected decision. The movie isn't good, but at least it isn't dull (something you can't say about some of those later "Phantasms"). Getting an interview with Creeper actor Jonathan Breck, who appears a pleasant guy, provides a nice (if sole) bonus feature.

Still, this is a disappointing film that goes from generally wrong-headed to just plain ridiculous at its ill-judged climax, at which point the Creeper becomes so feeble a menace he might as well be shown dancing to "The Monster Mash." It's almost as if Salva wanted to deliberately kill off his own franchise, no matter that (of course) he claims #4 is already written.

Arriving 14 years after part 2, this latest installment in the supernatural monster movie series is a dreadful disappointment. Acting as a direct sequel to the first film from 2001, the story follows events from the following couple of days as the Creeper, a mysterious demonic killer of great power, continues his activities.

He awakens every 23 years for only 23 days, during which he causes mayhem and kills and consumes fearful human victims. A contingent of law enforcement officers try to finish him off, but he's determined to reclaim a lost relic that has been hidden away by a local farm family.

Writer-director Victor Salva had trouble securing financing for this film, and it shows, with bad FX work and missing shots. There's also a surplus of badly-done green-screen work. A lot of time is devoted to the Creeper's distinctive truck, which is revealed to be loaded with booby traps. Besides the poor production values, this entry lacks interesting characters or a sense of dread and mystery (found in the first film), or any cleverly executed monster attack moments (as in the second).

Honestly, to me the movie was a complete and utter let down. I had some high expectations for this movie because the 1st and 2nd movie were so good and I thought this 3rd movie would have been way better. Although, when I went to the movies to see the movie I was really disappointed on how it turned out. There were many flaws from the movie. For example on how the video effects and cinematography turned out, this had way more green screen action then the 1st and 2nd movie those two movies took place in the open and I think this movie didn't get enough of the open area.

Also I was a little disappointed that they didn't tell us who Jeepers creepers really was. That was one of the reasons I wanted to see the movie. I do understand why the movie looked the way it did because the video effects and it was because they were on a low budget which is also why it wasn't advertised as much. So probably why a lot of people didn't know about the movie's release date or anything. Even with a lot of the things that was wrong with the movie I just hope in some way if they make another movie it comes out to be better.

Theatre was full of laughter of how terrible the CGI and acting was. Jeepers Creeper's makeup was the only thing that was half decent but the acting again, terrible. Don't understand how the original can be so great as this ruined its legacy as a whole. Overall, I was waiting for the movie to end the entire time.

Very good, I love the franchise, it's at the bottom 136th of Cineplayers, but that's it, I have a peculiar taste for trash's and horror B movies, having strange deaths, a lot of blood, bizarre beheading scenes and a minimally laughable plot, it's already adorable , when they take something grotesque seriously, I fall in love... The wonderful killer van reminded us of our late Christine....

Sure it doesn't compare to the previous movies, is cheesy, has some really hammy acting, and takes itself too seriously, but it's a fun and entertaining ride!

Some great deaths and a fast pace keeps it from getting boring, shame that people don't seem to appreciate it for the silly slasher it is.

You'd think after 15 years the special effects would get better, but the creeper looks just as cheesy as in the first movie. This was beyond boring, I fought myself the entire movie not to turn it off when I wanted to. I just kept waiting for something to happen and nothing did. The characters are ridiculous, the plot is non-existent, and the movie just plain awful.

They had soo much to work with. The music, the sub plots, but no. They complicated it way too much and the story made no sense at all. Jeepers Creepers gave me no creeps at all like he did in the first movie. In fact, in this movie, he was a comical character. Just a fat guy with a beer-belly, wearing a mask, and swinging swords. And the bad editing, oh my god. It looks like some 90s C-grade horror movie, not a 2017 movie.

The teen girl escaped him by doing nothing at all. Horrible acting by both the antagonist & the protagonist. Lack of romance in the relationship between those two teens.

Lack of empathy towards characters, cause I felt no connection.

AND THEY DID NOT EVEN EXPLAIN HOW OR WHERE IT CAME FROM AND WHAT IT IS EXACTLY. They honestly had so much to work with and instead of a horror thriller, they made a romantic comedy