Jeepers Creepers 2
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| Directed by | Victor Salva |
| Written by | Victor Salva |
| Produced by | Tom Luse |
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| Cinematography | Don E. FauntLeRoy |
| Edited by | Ed Marx |
| Music by | Bennett Salvay |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $17 million |
| Box office | $63.1 million |
Jeepers Creepers 2 is a 2003 American horror film written and directed by Victor Salva. A sequel to the 2001 film Jeepers Creepers, the film portrays the Creeper, a demonic creature and mysterious serial killer who pursues a school bus filled with high-school students. Ray Wise also appears as Jack Taggart, a farmer who seeks to hunt down and kill the Creeper as revenge for his younger son whom the Creeper had murdered that same week. Additionally, Francis Ford Coppola returned to the franchise as an executive producer.
Produced by Myriad Pictures and American Zoetrope, filming for Jeepers Creepers 2 took place in Tejon Ranch, and Long Beach, California in 2002.
The film was theatrically released by MGM Distribution Co. under the United Artists label in the United States on August 29, 2003, where it was met with mostly negative reviews from critics. With a $17 million budget, the film grossed $63.1 million worldwide and spawned a prequel, released as Jeepers Creepers 3 in 2017.