Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2022) is a horror reboot where couple Chase (Imran Adams) and Laine (Sydney Craven) attend the Horror Hound festival in Louisiana. Laine, secretly pregnant, experiences premonitions tied to the Creeper, a mythical creature that awakens every 23 years to feed on humans for 23 days. After winning a rigged escape room contest at a haunted mansion, they’re trapped with a film crew and guide Stu, hunted by the Creeper and its cult followers, who target Laine for a dark ritual.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Publishers: Screen Media Films (Theatrical, September 19-21, 2022), Disney+, Hulu, VOD (October 2022)
Main Characters:
Chase (Imran Adams): Horror fanboy, unaware of Laine’s pregnancy.
Laine (Sydney Craven): Pregnant skeptic, plagued by visions.
The Creeper (Jarreau Benjamin): Supernatural monster, redesigned with CGI wings.
Lady Manilla (Georgia Goodman): Cryptic gift shop owner, cult member.
Madam Carnage (Timo Vuorensola): Festival host, part of the Creeper’s cult.
Stu (Gabriel Freilich): Local guide, aids survivors.
Elderly Couple (Dee Wallace, Gary Graham): Killed in prologue, echoing the original film.
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2022), directed by Timo Vuorensola, has been slammed as a franchise-killing disaster, earning a rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. This reboot, detached from Victor Salva’s original trilogy, follows Chase and Laine at a Horror Hound festival, where a Creeper-themed escape room turns deadly. Critics and fans on X decry its abysmal CGI, shoddy green-screen sets, and lifeless script, with posts calling it “the worst horror movie ever”. The Creeper, once a charismatic monster, feels generic, stripped of its sadistic charm. Despite a $5M budget, it grossed only $4.2M, with audiences walking out due to poor acting and laughable effects. Filmed in the UK but set in Louisiana, the film’s fake accents and unconvincing sets add to its woes. Stream on Disney+, Hulu, or VOD, but fans of the 2001 original may want to skip this “hot mess”.
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