Jeepers Creepers is a American horror media franchise consisting of 4 films. The franchise revolves around
Films[]
| Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeepers Creepers | August 31, 2001 | J. Todd Harris, Tom Luse, & Barry Opper | |||
| Jeepers Creepers 2 | August 29, 2003 | Tom Luse | |||
| Jeepers Creepers 3 | September 26, 2017 | Michael Ohoven, Jake Seal, & Victor Salva | |||
| Jeepers Creepers: Reborn | September 19, 2022 | Timo Vuorensola | Sean Michael Argo | Jake Seal & Michael Ohoven | |
Cast and Characters[]
| Character | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeepers Creepers | Jeepers Creepers 2 | Jeepers Creepers 3 | Jeepers Creepers: Reborn | |
| 2001 | 2003 | 2017 | 2022 | |
| The Creeper | Jarreau Benjamin | |||
| Darius "Darry" Jenner | ||||
| Patricia "Trish" Jenner | Gina Philips | Gina Philips | ||
| Sergeant Davis Tubbs | Brandon Smith | Brandon Smith | ||
| Kenny Brandon | Stand-incorpse | Jordan Salloum | ||
| Roach / Coach Dwayne Barnes | ||||
| Jezelle Gay Hartman | Patricia Belcher | |||
| The Cat Lady | Eileen Brennan | |||
| Trooper Robert Gideon | Jon Beshara | |||
| Trooper Natasha Weston | Avis-Marie Barnes | |||
| Jack Taggart | Ray Wise | |||
| Deaundre "Double D" Davis | Garikayi Mutambirwa | |||
| Scott "Scotty" Braddock | Eric Nenninger | |||
| Minxie Hayes | Nicki Aycox | |||
| Izzy Bohen | Travis Schiffner | |||
| Chelsea Farmer | Lena Cardwell | |||
| Andy "Bucky" Buck | Billy Aaron Brown | |||
| Rhonda Truitt | Marieh Delfino | |||
| Bus Driver Betty Borman | Diane Delano | |||
| Coach Charlie Hanna | Thom Gossom Jr. | |||
| Dante Belasco | Al Santos | |||
| Jake Spencer | Josh Hammond | |||
| Kimball "Big K" Ward | Kasan Butcher | |||
| Jonny Young | Drew Tyler Bell | |||
| Jack "Jackie" Taggart Jr. | Luke Edwards
Jon Powell |
|||
| Billy Taggart | Shaun Fleming | |||
| Sheriff Dan Tashtego | Stan Shaw | |||
| Gaylen Brandon | Meg Foster | |||
| Addison "Addi" Brandon | Gabrielle Haugh | |||
| Buddy Hooks | Chester Rushing | |||
| Kirk Mathers | Ryan Moore | |||
| Laine | Sydney Craven | |||
| Chase | Imran Adams | |||
| Stu | Pete Brooke | |||
| Carrie | Ocean Navarro | |||
| Carrie | Ocean Navarro | |||
| Jamie | Matt Barkley | |||
| Michael | Alexander Halsall | |||
| Madame Carnage | Jodie McMullen | |||
| Lady Manilla | Georgia Goodman | |||
| Sam | Gabriel Freilich | |||
| Marie | Dee Wallace | |||
| Ronald | Gary Graham | |||
| DJ Phython | Romain Faure | |||
Kill Count’s[]
Jeepers Creepers (2001)[]
- Unnamed Boy with stitches on chest - left alive for later torture and consumption but succumbed to his injuries caused by the Creeper.
- Natasha Weston - Thrown out of a moving police car by the Creeper.
- Robert Gideon - Decapitated by the Creeper with an axe.
- Unnamed Cat Lady - Stabbed in the neck by the Creeper.
- Binky - Eaten by the Creeper.
- Unnamed Police Officer - Killed by the Creeper while trying to shoot it after witnessing Creeper eating Binky the prisoner.
- Unnamed Police Officer - Punched through the chest by the Creeper.
- Darius "Darry" Jenner - Eyes ripped out by the Creeper.
*Discrepancy with potential additional police officer deaths and piles of dead bodies in sheets at the House of Pain. However, the body count will not include the already dead bodies at the House of Pain stitched to the walls. 
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)[]
- Billy Taggart - Snatched by the Creeper.
- Coach Charlie Hanna - Snatched by the Creeper.
- Betty Borman - Snatched by the Creeper.
- Coach Dwayne Barnes - Snatched by the Creeper.
- Unnamed Man driving truck - Killed by the Creeper off-screen.
- Unnamed Man in station wagon - Killed by the Creeper off-screen.
- Unnamed Woman - Killed by the Creeper off-screen.
- Dante Belasco - Head ripped off by the Creeper.
- Jake Spencer - Stabbed in the back of the head with a shuriken thrown by the Creeper.
- Scott Braddock - Snatched by the Creeper.
*Discrepancy with potential kill count as it is unknown about the fate of other students on the bus while running away.
Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017)[]
Previous hunt on-screen in 1978
- Unnamed man with machete - Abducted by the Creeper, victim cut off one of the Creeper's hand with the machete then both dropped.
- Kenny Brandon - Witnessed man with machete's abduction. Creeper hunts and kills him after Kenny took Creeper's severed hand and buried it at his farm.
Present day 2001
- Jerry - Dragged away and eaten by the Creeper.
- Frank - Dragged away and eaten by the Creeper.
- Jody - Impaled by the Creeper with a spear.
- Red - Impaled by the Creeper with a spear.
- Luke - Dragged away and eaten by the Creeper.
- Unnamed Man - Killed by the Creeper.
- Kirk Mathers - Impaled through the skull by a pipe trap on the Creeper's truck.
- Unnamed Man - Killed by the Creeper.
- Unnamed Truck Driver - Shot by the Creeper with a minigun.
- Mikey - Shot by the Creeper with a minigun.
- Dan - Stabbed in the face by the Creeper with an axe.
- Unnamed Semi-Truck Driver - Dragged away and eaten by the Creeper.
*This does not include the death of Kenny Brandon and nameless victim with machete from the Creeper's previous cycle in 1978, as this is going by the present timeline of the film's events. 
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2022)[]
- Unnamed Person - Killed by the Creeper off-screen, body seen.
- Ronald - Killed by the Creeper off-screen, name seen on poster.
- Marie - Killed by the Creeper off-screen, name seen on poster.
- Unnamed Man - Head bitten by the Creeper.
- Unnamed Man - Stabbed with two shuriken thrown by the Creeper.
- The Cameraman - Slashed across the chest by the Creeper off-screen, blood seen.
- Carrie - Stabbed in the back of the skull by an axe thrown by the Creeper, who then ate her brain.
- Jamie - Impaled with a spike thrown by the Creeper.
- Stu - Knocked off of a roof by a murder of crows.
Reception[]
Critical and public response[]
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeepers Creepers | 46% (114 reviews) | 49 (24 reviews) | D |
| Jeepers Creepers 2 | 24% (127 reviews) | 36 (29 reviews) | C+ |
| Jeepers Creepers 3 | 17% (6 reviews) | TBD (2 reviews) | |
| Jeepers Creepers: Reborn | 0% (13 reviews) | TBD (3 reviews) |
Box office’s performance[]
| Film | U.S. release date | Box office gross | Budget | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | |||
| Jeepers Creepers | August 31, 2001 | $37,904,175 | $21,467,128 | $59,371,303 | $10 million |
| Jeepers Creepers 2 | August 29, 2003 | $35,667,218 | $27,435,448 | $63,102,666 | $17 million |
| Jeepers Creepers 3 | September 26, 2017 | $2,335,162 | $1,682,690 | $4,017,852 | $6.2 million |
| Jeepers Creepers: Reborn | September 19, 2022 | $2,033,057 | $3,921,057 | $5,954,938 | $2 million |
Trivia[]
- Based on the presented and updated information, Jeepers Creepers 3 has the highest death count by the Creeper. 
- Besides Jonathan Breck playing the Creeper in all of the first 3 films, only 4 actors in the franchise appeared in 2 out of the 3 films. 
- Justin Long appeared in Jeepers Creepers 1 and 2, as Darry Jenner.
- Gina Philips and Brandon Smith both appear in Jeepers Creepers and Jeepers Creepers 3.
- Gina Philips as Trish Jenners
- Brandon Smith as Sergeant David Tubbs
- Interestingly, actor Tom Tarantini also appeared in the first and second film but in different roles.
- Jeepers Creepers as Austin McCoy AKA Roach, a prisoner recently arrested in Poho County police station.
- In the second film as Coach Dwayne Barnes.
- Both Jenner siblings have gotten cameo appearances after the first film.
- Darry reprises for a cameo in Jeepers Creepers 2 as a ghost in her dreams to warn student Minxie Hayes of the Creeper coming after the bus.
- Trish makes a cameo in Jeepers Creepers 3, 23 years in the future, writing on a blog to reveal the Creeper's existence and recruiting people to come together to fight the monster that took many loved ones including her now deceased brother, Darry.
- The character of Kenny Brandon also appears in both the first and third film, however, it is unlikely that Kenny Brandon in the first film is the same Kenny Brandon in Jeepers Creepers 3, evidence includes below:
| First Film | Third Film |
|---|---|
| He is Black | He is White |
| Died being captured by the Creeper during his high school prom night and preserved with his lover, Darla Cleeway | Died because the Creeper came after him when he witnessed another man's abduction and took the Creeper's severed hand |
| Appears to be about 17-18 years old | Appears to be in his early 20s |
| Darla Cleeway was his lover who died with him. | Unmentioned about having a lover to die with him, let alone, a lover named Darla |
| Only seen briefly as a lifeless corpse, preserved naked in the House of Pain, wearing his class ring | Has an extended role as a ghost who appears in his last known state to his mother before his death, but not seen wearing a ring |
| Mentioned to die while driving a nice luxury car and had Darla with him | Seen driving a truck |
| Last known location was on East 9 on prom night with Darla, his vehicle was recovered without him and a headless Darla. | Last seen by his mother at their family farm burying the Creeper's hand after shooting it before getting abducted. |
| Disappearance believed to be an urban legend until discovered true by Darry Jenners | Known to be a real person to have died and have a grieving mother who sees his ghost during the Creeper's hunting cycle in 2001. |
- No actors from the second film returned for Jeepers Creepers 3, however, archived audio from the second film of the actors singing the Bannon Bantams school song was used as the character Buddy Hooks is picked up by the second film's bus heading to the championship game.
- Funny enough, the posters for the first Jeepers Creepers and Jeepers Creepers 2 use a victim/art style of a scene in the movie as their photo.
- The first film shows the Creeper's eye, implying to be Darry's eye looking through a hole
- The second film shows a screaming face blinded and covered by the Creeper's wing, implying to be when Dante Belasco was captured by the Creeper's wing before losing his head.