October 11, 2025 • 22 mins
Coming in at number 21, 2001’s “Jeepers Creepers.” Each day in the month of October we will count you down to Halloween with our favorite, not-so-obvious guaranteed horror hits! We’ll tell you why each one made the list, what the critics say, who should watch it and who should NOT and what food/drink/atmosphere to pair it with each night…. And of course, where you can watch it.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Hey, there are folks. It is Saturday, October the eleventh,
and he might be our favorite guest we ever had
on GMA three. But even if not that, he for
sure gave us our favorite moment ever on GMA three.
(00:29):
And he is also in today's number twenty one on
our list of favorite horror movies. Everybody, welcome to this episode,
Amy and TJ. As we continue to count down our
horror hit list, where you are given, we are giving
our favorite movies that maybe you haven't even heard of,
our horror deep cuts and robes. This guy is now
for us a horror movie legend.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Every time we see him in a movie, we know
we're in a safe, good place. We're gonna get a
hit of some kind. Yes, we're talking about Justin Long.
He's amazing and he is the star of the original Jeepers.
Creepers released August thirty first, two thousand and one, and
(01:12):
it is our number twenty one on our horror hit list.
And this movie starts off with a bang. You gotta
love a movie. Within the first few minutes you're like, oh, yeah,
I'm hooked, and that is this and I had not
seen it. Somehow, this movie just slipped through the cracks
(01:33):
for me. And maybe it was the name Jeepers, Creepers,
I don't want to see that silly movie. Like I
actually think that I was aware of it but deliberately
avoided it because the name didn't sound scary. Wow, and
you said, oh babe, you have no idea what you're missing,
and you were correct.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
And this movie is amazing.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
I don't know how I came up on this from
in the first plate. This is another one like Lake
Placid I own on DVD.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Funny Blu Ray, and those two movies I had never seen.
I actually think I made a choice.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
To not watch them.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Shame on me, yes, and better late than ever. So
any of you were hoping who were like me and
avoided it for whatever reason or just didn't was weren't
aware of it. This is something to put on your radar.
This movie is awesome.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
This is a it's yes, obviously a horror movie, but
they also call it a mystery thriller. But the synopsis
goes like this short movie, we should just ninety minutes.
That's a sweet spot for a horror movie. We keep
saying what they're rated? Do we have any PG thirty?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
I don't think so because it's so funny.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
I actually think there are some pretty decent PG thirteen
horror movies. But every time you see the rating is
PG thirteen, you're like, pass, no, thanks, don't want to
watch it. I'm over twenty one or over seventeen. I
think I can watch rated R movie.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
I what the thing is? They have to do certain
things in a PG thirteen horror movie that make it
not so horror, Like you remember Megan. Yes, this is
a good example. Megan. The original Megan was supposed to
be a rated R movie, but it caught on and
caught fire online on social media with everybody passing around
(03:15):
the memes and this and that, and they go, whoa,
we have a much younger audience that's checking this out.
How can we soften the movie a little bit so
we can release it to PG thirteen and have a
bigger hit. I don't want to see that.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
But that's a brilliant marketing move.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
It is.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Didn't they release an uncut version or a.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
More Yes they did, Yes, like I was over more
adult version, I was over.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
You want to rate it R?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
So yes, we should go back. And I don't think
we have.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Oh I think all of our movies are rated R.
That's got to be one. No, I'll have to check.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
It was the original conjuring Radar.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
I believe, so okay, I believe.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
So okay. Let me give you the synopsis here for
Jeepers Creepers. Rate it R yes, and here it is.
After making a horrific discovery in the basement of an old,
abandoned church, Trish and her brother Darry watch their routine
road trip home from college turn into a heart stopping
race for their lives. They find themselves the chosen prey
(04:13):
of an indestructible force that relentlessly pursues them and gives
a new and chilling meaning to the old song jeepers Creepers.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
How you like those peepers? Is that how it goes?
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I like those peepers jeepers. It's a little song, but yes,
it plays a central theme in this movie. Now, the
box office not bad. This movie made thirty eight million
dollars domestically twenty one million internationally for a total of
fifty nine million on a ten million dollar budget. So
this is a little sleeper hit.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
How did I miss this? I mean, honestly, I'm trying
to think about what was going on in my life.
I think maybe I don't know, but I my loss
but my gain later in life.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
To watch it again for the second, third, and fourth time.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
What do people know justin Long from what would be
the first thing? You see him and you know him
and everything, But is he most known for something? He
was just in weapons not too long ago. But justin
Long is a face you know not just no, you
know it well. You have seen him in so all
Barbarian that was recent.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
So good.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
But they say he's known for him. I just did
like a whole search on him. He's known for his
roles in comedy and horror films including Galaxy, Quest, Jeepers, Creepers, Dodgeball,
I See Alvin and the Chipmunks. He's just not that
into you, Barbarian tuss. I mean, he has a wide
ranging film like just Anthology that he's a part of,
(05:44):
but it's mostly comedy and mostly horror.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
And you have our word. You know who he is
as soon as you see his face.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Oh immediately know who he is.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
But he stars alongside Gina Phillips who plays his sister,
and his movie director and this one was Victor Salva.
The rhyme Tomato score uh not a doozy forty seven
percent from the critics.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I take issue with that. Once again, I don't agree.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Forty nine percent shocking. I know where it's coming from.
When you start reading through, I can totally understand, and
I land on, come on, y'all, you take in.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
The movie tho serious exactly?
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Because yes, the movie starts out so tense. Oh you
are on the edge of your seat, and it does
devolve into something that some people would call silly.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah maybe, and I accept.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
That, And that does happen with a lot of horror movies.
There were some horror movies that almost made our list,
and I would say, eighty five percent of it is
just amazing, and then the last fifteen percent you lost me.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
We have a couple of those. Maybe one day we'll.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Go through those, like the almost great horror movies, like
if you just had changed the ending, or if you
just hadn't made that choice in the last ten minutes,
that would have been like the most amazing horror movie ever.
There are so many like that. They just didn't know
how to end it, They didn't know how to button
it up. I could see where people could make that
argument with this one, it gets a little silly.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Uh, And here is my argument with that. Yes, you're
supposed to have a few of those.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
It's a horror It's okay.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Of course she didn't trip over the one stick in
the road. Of Course he's walking and she's in a
full sprint. But somehow he caught up. Of course not.
There's just some silliness to a horror movie. When it's
this one, you.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Just have to accept exactly when people get upset about
bad decisions people make in order to get themselves killed.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Yeah, it's a horror movie. That's part of it.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
This is our best one on the list for that.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
I was screaming at the TV.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Get people together, if you want to scream, and hey,
you idiots, don't do that, this is the movie for you.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Do you know what happens when I do that?
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Sometimes it's funny, even like Eva, my oldest daughter will go, mom,
it's a horror movie.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Of course they do that, Like.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
It wouldn't be a movie if they didn't make that choice.
And that is a fair point. So every time I
find myself yelling at the at the scenario, I'm like,
but if they made the choice that actually made sense.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
We wouldn't have a movie.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Yeah, And we were doing this with a recent movie,
I think two movies ago. Was it Sinister. When we
were talking about dude, just turn on the lights. There's
a scar He's going through the house in a scary scene.
He's scared of everything. What is that making a noise?
And he walks past like twelve lights switching.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
You're like, he's walking past the light switch right now.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
But you know what, I would actually say, that's part
of the fun and watching a horror movie with the group.
You can point out all the stupid mistakes they make,
and it's part of the enjoyment of the movie. So
don't take it so seriously. Don't take yourself so seriously,
and understand what you've signed up for.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
That is what this movie is. This is one that
I would watch with the group, and I don't mind
them yelling. Usually I'm like, ah, everybody shut up. So
this is one where it's okay, y'all, y'all, can y'all. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
So the critics consensus Jeeper Screepers has a promising start.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Yes, it absolutely does.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Unfortunately, the tension and suspense quickly deflates into genre cliches
as the movie goes on.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
That's kind of fair, that's very very fair. But we're
okay with that.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
As we just pointed out, we've got some critic reviews,
and they again run the gamut.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
But here's one of them. Jeeper's Creepers might.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Have a stylish, stylishly sinister look, but the goods are rudimentary.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
You know. Even the vehicle to that point that the
bad guy is in is menacing as hell.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Oh my god, the noises it's making. It's scary as hell,
and you don't know who's inside and why it has
such supercharged power to overcome a modern vehicle even though
it's ancient, or.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
As Justin Long says, it must be souped up or something.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
All right, Another another critic, though it's creepy, well firmed,
well filmed, first half fuels this psychological process.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Jeepers.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Creepers degenerates from a realistic and frightening story into silly,
supernatural shangans.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
You know what, Some of the shenanigans were fun. The
scene in the road where he's avoiding the car. Some
of that it's terrifying and fun, and some of it
even is silly. This menacing creature does like some ridiculous
funny stuff. You don't know what to do with that
and some of it. Yes, I agree with every criticism.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
I do too, and we accept it and we embrace it.
All right, Jeepers Creepers is better setting things up than
following through. It must resort to psychic mumbo jumbo that
has to be played straight and doesn't work.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Okay, And now I agree with you. At the there's
some mumbo jumbo, and the mumbo jumbo er is not
very believable and just comes out of nowhere. And that's
again I agree with all this. I'm just saying it
is still a fun movie experience.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Yes, 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.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
A little ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Yeah, all ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
So here's the way I take this, because I agree
with everything they're saying.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
So I like this movie because of all of what
they just said.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
So you've got the fear, you've got the heart racing,
you're totally invested.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
The acting is great.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
We love justin long, Long and then when you get
the big reveal and all, it actually ends up making
it lighthearted enough or silly enough where you're not shaking
under your covers at night. So I actually think it's
such a digestible horror movie that it makes it safe
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in a way for you to watch with family and friends,
and no one's gonna walk away scared to death like
this is the antithesis of Sinister, which leaves.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
You feeling this like unbelievable dread and fear.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
This actually, in a way makes it digestible, and there's
some fun.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
There are even some funny moments in this one as well. Yes,
this is a campy, this is a bubblegum if you
will horror movie.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Yes, all right, So here's the positive review. Leave the
reviews with on a high note. Instantly suspenseful from the start,
agreed and bolstered by the tremendously believable performances from the
two leads.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
One hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
This unique flight of dark imagination is a terrific variation
on the cycle from Hell formula and a memorably gruesome
horror fantasy.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
I love that it was good enough to also spawn
at least two and maybe a third sequel, The.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Box office success speaks for itself.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Yeah, but yeah, it's hard to disagree with even right,
you'd say what you think about a movie and can
still recommend it, Like I can point out so many
faults and flaws and all this with the movie, but
I would a hundred pit tell you to go see it.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
It's something I love about the horror genre that it
comes in so many different forms, And that's part of
the reason why we wanted to make this list for
some of maybe the lesser known horror movies that still
give you something really good. Some of them have comedies,
some of them have fears, some of them have entertainment,
some of them have Like there's just so many different
(13:10):
sub genres of horror movies, and I think it all
depends on the mood you're in to pick which one
you want to watch. But there is something for everyone.
I really think if you like a thrill basically and
but here we go.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Again rogues talking about great performances. Justin Long is a
solid accomplished guy and the I didn't really piece it
together until we started doing this series. Just how many
movies we like have not just good but stella and
even superstar actors in it.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Yeah, you give me anything with Patrick Wilson in it,
anything with Justin Long in it, anything with even there's
so many what are some of the female Jessica Chastain,
Jessica Chastain, Rose Byrne. I mean, I just there's so
many Vera Farminga. I can ever say her name, but yes,
there are just certain people you look at you like, oh,
if she's in it, I'm watching one hundred percent. All right,
(14:01):
So coming up, we're gonna tell you. I think we've
pretty much already laid it out, but we'll confirm why
it made our list, who it's for, who it's not for,
what you compare it with, where to watch it, and
what our next.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
Movie will give you a hint of what it is
going to be.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
But robes. We also need to tell you why Justin
Long created our favorite moment we ever had while working
at Good Morning America.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Continuing now with our Deep Cuts, Amy and TJS Halloween
Horror hit list coming in at number twenty one, we
have jeepers, creepers, and we started this episode talking about
why we love Justin Long so much. We already loved
him for his performances in all of the movies we
(14:58):
know and love, But we actually got to interview him on
GMA three one particular day, and he you know, when
you meet somebody that you think you are going to love,
or you get to talk to them and they disappoint you,
and they always say, never meet your hero. He actually
made us fall in love even more with him.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
He delivered for us and this was this it had
to be COVID.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
I think it was during COVID. It was everything was
on zoom, yes.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
So we had him on zoom. You know, I can't
even remember what he was promoting at the time, but
there was something that drove us crazy that our producers did.
When we're interviewing somebody, I think it was the last segment.
Usually of the interview, we'd have the person's face up
on TV. We're talking to this person we're interviewing, but
(15:45):
then at the bottom our producing team would put up
a graphic teasing the next guest the next day. And
we thought it was incredibly It's rude.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
You're sitting there talking to Justin Long and on the
lower third you're actually telling the audience to stop paying
attention to what Justin Long is saying. Because we're gonna
talk to someone different and more exciting, even maybe tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Okay, So Rose and I complained about We hated it,
and we complained about it. And this was the one
that made that forced the change because it happened while
we're interviewing Justin Long and if he's how he is
in his movies, that's his personality. He has kind of
phrenetic energy. Sometimes he's just a blast, and so he's
answering a question and he can see the screen and
(16:34):
he's doing his thing, completely answering whatever we said, and
at the bottom it says coming up Monday, Nelly, And
just in the middle of his answer, he said, ooh,
Nelly's gonna be on on Monday, and then just kept talking.
And we love that so much, and it forced a
change in our programming.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Because it's rude.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
It's like when you're telling somebody something and they're talking
about someone else and have completely ignored what you just said.
That's what it felt like visually, and he pointed it out.
We died laughing, and we're like, thank you for saying that.
That is so rude that we just told we're telling
people don't listen to Justin long right now, But get
excited about Nelly coming on Good Morning America on Monday.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Isn't that the equivalent of being at a bar talking
to one person but then looking over that person's show
the more attractive person.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
And you know what's happening. It's like, I can see
where your eyes are going right now. So anyway, we
love that he pointed it out us and actually enacted
real change to the show's format at that point. All right,
So why this Jeepers? Creepers made our list. We've said it,
it's fun. Don't overthink this movie. If you want to
be you know, if you want to find some cinnamon
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ptography and some artistic I don't know, like you want
to be elevated in the form and the this isn't
for you. This is a fun, entertaining, fast paced movie
that gets.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
A little silly in the end.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
But you know what, we were all in and we
loved the format. We loved the ridiculousness of it.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
It was just fun. So go into it with that
attitude and you'll love it.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
But we promise you it is worth the ride off
the top. The first the opening sequence of this movie
is as amazing and it was not vogue. It's not violent,
it's not horrific.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
But your hart is racing.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
It's a highway scene. It's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Okay, so yes, we think we now have established who
It's not for anyone who's looking for some sort of
just introspective script that's creative and yes and keeps you
guessing it.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
No, that's not for you.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
This is just fun, just good fun, horror film fun.
All right, what would you pair this with TJ food
drink atmosphere?
Speaker 1 (18:43):
I'm thinking of something convenient. I'm thinking of something that
you're going to get outraged, Like, you should have a
drink that has a seal on the top. You should
have something you don't mind spilling onto the carpet, because
it's you almost want to throw things at the screen.
I think even there's the scene in which the young lady,
(19:04):
the lead actress, she acknowledges this is the part in
the movie where people say, stop doing this stupid thing.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
I actually appreciated that she said it, because I had
already been saying it a couple of times to the
justin long character. Why are you going to go back there?
Why do you need to investigate? Just keep driving? Silly
she's actually saying what we're thinking, which I appreciated. So
to your point, I would say Champagne would be great
because it's kind of a fun movie bubbles, and if
you spill it, oh good. I can't really tell that
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some champagne spilled in anyway, it'd be a spill of honor.
You could say, see that's when I spilled champagne when
I was watching Jeepers Creepers.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
I think that's fun.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
But again, this is another popcorn movie. This is just
your classic on entertaining movie. I wouldn't overthink it, just enjoy.
And I do think this is one. And you've pointed
this out to watch with the group. You can watch
it by yourself, but this is a fun movie to
watch in a group setting.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Would you go on the again, righted R. I'm not
saying saying bring your six year old in to watch
this one, but it's if you're going to bring a
younger person into a horror movie, this is a not
so horrible way to do it.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
I would say teenagers and op would be totally fine
with this movie.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
I know people think we're crazy, but.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
It has become my parents are like, what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Amy?
Speaker 2 (20:20):
But my kids have grown up loving horror movies, and
I will say they they get it, they know it's
a movie. And I've never ever had to deal with
nightmares or any of that stuff because they've just always
been around it. And I think there's real perspective as
to what we're watching, which is entertainment, not a documentary,
and there is a distinction between the two. So to
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each his own, but I do think this is one
that is fun. Like on Christmas Day, what do we
do as the Holmes Robock family. We went to a
horror movie. That's us just full disclosure, all right? Where
to watch this? We watched this on Amazon Prime, yes,
just this week, so that is an absolute go too
easy way to watch this movie.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Or if on DVD, like I too, pull that old
DVD player.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
I love that you still have your DVD player. Watch
our DVD player.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Now, how else are we going to watch our seasons
of twenty four? You know what?
Speaker 2 (21:18):
That is something else we shared we didn't know. We
both loved Princess Bride and we both loved twenty four.
Never missed an episode of that unbelievable keep for Sutherland
juggernaut of a show.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
We own every season on DVD.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Love that all right, So our next episode, we're gonna
tease it, all right, The next movie on our list,
which will be number twenty, will make you rethink the
next dinner party you're invited to.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Oh my god, Okay, I forgot what we were doing there, And.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
I would say that that tease could apply to a
couple different movies. So I think it'll leave you guessing still,
because there have been a couple dinner party I've seen.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
I think there were at least three that.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Come to mind's in this one specifically because we both
loved the well it's it's dark, it's exceptionally dark, and
we can't wait to share it with you. So thank
you for listening to us Simmy Robot alongside TJ. Holmes.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
We'll talk to you soon.
Hey, there are folks. It is Saturday, October the eleventh,
and he might be our favorite guest we ever had
on GMA three. But even if not that, he for
sure gave us our favorite moment ever on GMA three.
(00:29):
And he is also in today's number twenty one on
our list of favorite horror movies. Everybody, welcome to this episode,
Amy and TJ. As we continue to count down our
horror hit list, where you are given, we are giving
our favorite movies that maybe you haven't even heard of,
our horror deep cuts and robes. This guy is now
for us a horror movie legend.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Every time we see him in a movie, we know
we're in a safe, good place. We're gonna get a
hit of some kind. Yes, we're talking about Justin Long.
He's amazing and he is the star of the original Jeepers.
Creepers released August thirty first, two thousand and one, and
(01:12):
it is our number twenty one on our horror hit list.
And this movie starts off with a bang. You gotta
love a movie. Within the first few minutes you're like, oh, yeah,
I'm hooked, and that is this and I had not
seen it. Somehow, this movie just slipped through the cracks
(01:33):
for me. And maybe it was the name Jeepers, Creepers,
I don't want to see that silly movie. Like I
actually think that I was aware of it but deliberately
avoided it because the name didn't sound scary. Wow, and
you said, oh babe, you have no idea what you're missing,
and you were correct.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
And this movie is amazing.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
I don't know how I came up on this from
in the first plate. This is another one like Lake
Placid I own on DVD.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Funny Blu Ray, and those two movies I had never seen.
I actually think I made a choice.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
To not watch them.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Shame on me, yes, and better late than ever. So
any of you were hoping who were like me and
avoided it for whatever reason or just didn't was weren't
aware of it. This is something to put on your radar.
This movie is awesome.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
This is a it's yes, obviously a horror movie, but
they also call it a mystery thriller. But the synopsis
goes like this short movie, we should just ninety minutes.
That's a sweet spot for a horror movie. We keep
saying what they're rated? Do we have any PG thirty?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
I don't think so because it's so funny.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
I actually think there are some pretty decent PG thirteen
horror movies. But every time you see the rating is
PG thirteen, you're like, pass, no, thanks, don't want to
watch it. I'm over twenty one or over seventeen. I
think I can watch rated R movie.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
I what the thing is? They have to do certain
things in a PG thirteen horror movie that make it
not so horror, Like you remember Megan. Yes, this is
a good example. Megan. The original Megan was supposed to
be a rated R movie, but it caught on and
caught fire online on social media with everybody passing around
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the memes and this and that, and they go, whoa,
we have a much younger audience that's checking this out.
How can we soften the movie a little bit so
we can release it to PG thirteen and have a
bigger hit. I don't want to see that.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
But that's a brilliant marketing move.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
It is.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Didn't they release an uncut version or a.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
More Yes they did, Yes, like I was over more
adult version, I was over.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
You want to rate it R?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
So yes, we should go back. And I don't think
we have.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Oh I think all of our movies are rated R.
That's got to be one. No, I'll have to check.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
It was the original conjuring Radar.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
I believe, so okay, I believe.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
So okay. Let me give you the synopsis here for
Jeepers Creepers. Rate it R yes, and here it is.
After making a horrific discovery in the basement of an old,
abandoned church, Trish and her brother Darry watch their routine
road trip home from college turn into a heart stopping
race for their lives. They find themselves the chosen prey
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of an indestructible force that relentlessly pursues them and gives
a new and chilling meaning to the old song jeepers Creepers.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
How you like those peepers? Is that how it goes?
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I like those peepers jeepers. It's a little song, but yes,
it plays a central theme in this movie. Now, the
box office not bad. This movie made thirty eight million
dollars domestically twenty one million internationally for a total of
fifty nine million on a ten million dollar budget. So
this is a little sleeper hit.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
How did I miss this? I mean, honestly, I'm trying
to think about what was going on in my life.
I think maybe I don't know, but I my loss
but my gain later in life.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
To watch it again for the second, third, and fourth time.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
What do people know justin Long from what would be
the first thing? You see him and you know him
and everything, But is he most known for something? He
was just in weapons not too long ago. But justin
Long is a face you know not just no, you
know it well. You have seen him in so all
Barbarian that was recent.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
So good.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
But they say he's known for him. I just did
like a whole search on him. He's known for his
roles in comedy and horror films including Galaxy, Quest, Jeepers, Creepers, Dodgeball,
I See Alvin and the Chipmunks. He's just not that
into you, Barbarian tuss. I mean, he has a wide
ranging film like just Anthology that he's a part of,
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but it's mostly comedy and mostly horror.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
And you have our word. You know who he is
as soon as you see his face.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Oh immediately know who he is.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
But he stars alongside Gina Phillips who plays his sister,
and his movie director and this one was Victor Salva.
The rhyme Tomato score uh not a doozy forty seven
percent from the critics.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I take issue with that. Once again, I don't agree.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Forty nine percent shocking. I know where it's coming from.
When you start reading through, I can totally understand, and
I land on, come on, y'all, you take in.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
The movie tho serious exactly?
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Because yes, the movie starts out so tense. Oh you
are on the edge of your seat, and it does
devolve into something that some people would call silly.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah maybe, and I accept.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
That, And that does happen with a lot of horror movies.
There were some horror movies that almost made our list,
and I would say, eighty five percent of it is
just amazing, and then the last fifteen percent you lost me.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
We have a couple of those. Maybe one day we'll.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Go through those, like the almost great horror movies, like
if you just had changed the ending, or if you
just hadn't made that choice in the last ten minutes,
that would have been like the most amazing horror movie ever.
There are so many like that. They just didn't know
how to end it, They didn't know how to button
it up. I could see where people could make that
argument with this one, it gets a little silly.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Uh, And here is my argument with that. Yes, you're
supposed to have a few of those.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
It's a horror It's okay.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Of course she didn't trip over the one stick in
the road. Of Course he's walking and she's in a
full sprint. But somehow he caught up. Of course not.
There's just some silliness to a horror movie. When it's
this one, you.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Just have to accept exactly when people get upset about
bad decisions people make in order to get themselves killed.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Yeah, it's a horror movie. That's part of it.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
This is our best one on the list for that.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
I was screaming at the TV.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Get people together, if you want to scream, and hey,
you idiots, don't do that, this is the movie for you.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Do you know what happens when I do that?
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Sometimes it's funny, even like Eva, my oldest daughter will go, mom,
it's a horror movie.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Of course they do that, Like.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
It wouldn't be a movie if they didn't make that choice.
And that is a fair point. So every time I
find myself yelling at the at the scenario, I'm like,
but if they made the choice that actually made sense.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
We wouldn't have a movie.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Yeah, And we were doing this with a recent movie,
I think two movies ago. Was it Sinister. When we
were talking about dude, just turn on the lights. There's
a scar He's going through the house in a scary scene.
He's scared of everything. What is that making a noise?
And he walks past like twelve lights switching.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
You're like, he's walking past the light switch right now.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
But you know what, I would actually say, that's part
of the fun and watching a horror movie with the group.
You can point out all the stupid mistakes they make,
and it's part of the enjoyment of the movie. So
don't take it so seriously. Don't take yourself so seriously,
and understand what you've signed up for.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
That is what this movie is. This is one that
I would watch with the group, and I don't mind
them yelling. Usually I'm like, ah, everybody shut up. So
this is one where it's okay, y'all, y'all, can y'all. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
So the critics consensus Jeeper Screepers has a promising start.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Yes, it absolutely does.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Unfortunately, the tension and suspense quickly deflates into genre cliches
as the movie goes on.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
That's kind of fair, that's very very fair. But we're
okay with that.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
As we just pointed out, we've got some critic reviews,
and they again run the gamut.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
But here's one of them. Jeeper's Creepers might.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Have a stylish, stylishly sinister look, but the goods are rudimentary.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
You know. Even the vehicle to that point that the
bad guy is in is menacing as hell.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Oh my god, the noises it's making. It's scary as hell,
and you don't know who's inside and why it has
such supercharged power to overcome a modern vehicle even though
it's ancient, or.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
As Justin Long says, it must be souped up or something.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
All right, Another another critic, though it's creepy, well firmed,
well filmed, first half fuels this psychological process.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Jeepers.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Creepers degenerates from a realistic and frightening story into silly,
supernatural shangans.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
You know what, Some of the shenanigans were fun. The
scene in the road where he's avoiding the car. Some
of that it's terrifying and fun, and some of it
even is silly. This menacing creature does like some ridiculous
funny stuff. You don't know what to do with that
and some of it. Yes, I agree with every criticism.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
I do too, and we accept it and we embrace it.
All right, Jeepers Creepers is better setting things up than
following through. It must resort to psychic mumbo jumbo that
has to be played straight and doesn't work.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Okay, And now I agree with you. At the there's
some mumbo jumbo, and the mumbo jumbo er is not
very believable and just comes out of nowhere. And that's
again I agree with all this. I'm just saying it
is still a fun movie experience.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Yes, 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.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
A little ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Yeah, all ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
So here's the way I take this, because I agree
with everything they're saying.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
So I like this movie because of all of what
they just said.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
So you've got the fear, you've got the heart racing,
you're totally invested.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
The acting is great.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
We love justin long, Long and then when you get
the big reveal and all, it actually ends up making
it lighthearted enough or silly enough where you're not shaking
under your covers at night. So I actually think it's
such a digestible horror movie that it makes it safe
(11:32):
in a way for you to watch with family and friends,
and no one's gonna walk away scared to death like
this is the antithesis of Sinister, which leaves.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
You feeling this like unbelievable dread and fear.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
This actually, in a way makes it digestible, and there's
some fun.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
There are even some funny moments in this one as well. Yes,
this is a campy, this is a bubblegum if you
will horror movie.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Yes, all right, So here's the positive review. Leave the
reviews with on a high note. Instantly suspenseful from the start,
agreed and bolstered by the tremendously believable performances from the
two leads.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
One hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
This unique flight of dark imagination is a terrific variation
on the cycle from Hell formula and a memorably gruesome
horror fantasy.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
I love that it was good enough to also spawn
at least two and maybe a third sequel, The.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Box office success speaks for itself.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Yeah, but yeah, it's hard to disagree with even right,
you'd say what you think about a movie and can
still recommend it, Like I can point out so many
faults and flaws and all this with the movie, but
I would a hundred pit tell you to go see it.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
It's something I love about the horror genre that it
comes in so many different forms, And that's part of
the reason why we wanted to make this list for
some of maybe the lesser known horror movies that still
give you something really good. Some of them have comedies,
some of them have fears, some of them have entertainment,
some of them have Like there's just so many different
(13:10):
sub genres of horror movies, and I think it all
depends on the mood you're in to pick which one
you want to watch. But there is something for everyone.
I really think if you like a thrill basically and
but here we go.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Again rogues talking about great performances. Justin Long is a
solid accomplished guy and the I didn't really piece it
together until we started doing this series. Just how many
movies we like have not just good but stella and
even superstar actors in it.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Yeah, you give me anything with Patrick Wilson in it,
anything with Justin Long in it, anything with even there's
so many what are some of the female Jessica Chastain,
Jessica Chastain, Rose Byrne. I mean, I just there's so
many Vera Farminga. I can ever say her name, but yes,
there are just certain people you look at you like, oh,
if she's in it, I'm watching one hundred percent. All right,
(14:01):
So coming up, we're gonna tell you. I think we've
pretty much already laid it out, but we'll confirm why
it made our list, who it's for, who it's not for,
what you compare it with, where to watch it, and
what our next.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
Movie will give you a hint of what it is
going to be.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
But robes. We also need to tell you why Justin
Long created our favorite moment we ever had while working
at Good Morning America.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Continuing now with our Deep Cuts, Amy and TJS Halloween
Horror hit list coming in at number twenty one, we
have jeepers, creepers, and we started this episode talking about
why we love Justin Long so much. We already loved
him for his performances in all of the movies we
(14:58):
know and love, But we actually got to interview him on
GMA three one particular day, and he you know, when
you meet somebody that you think you are going to love,
or you get to talk to them and they disappoint you,
and they always say, never meet your hero. He actually
made us fall in love even more with him.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
He delivered for us and this was this it had
to be COVID.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
I think it was during COVID. It was everything was
on zoom, yes.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
So we had him on zoom. You know, I can't
even remember what he was promoting at the time, but
there was something that drove us crazy that our producers did.
When we're interviewing somebody, I think it was the last segment.
Usually of the interview, we'd have the person's face up
on TV. We're talking to this person we're interviewing, but
(15:45):
then at the bottom our producing team would put up
a graphic teasing the next guest the next day. And
we thought it was incredibly It's rude.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
You're sitting there talking to Justin Long and on the
lower third you're actually telling the audience to stop paying
attention to what Justin Long is saying. Because we're gonna
talk to someone different and more exciting, even maybe tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Okay, So Rose and I complained about We hated it,
and we complained about it. And this was the one
that made that forced the change because it happened while
we're interviewing Justin Long and if he's how he is
in his movies, that's his personality. He has kind of
phrenetic energy. Sometimes he's just a blast, and so he's
answering a question and he can see the screen and
(16:34):
he's doing his thing, completely answering whatever we said, and
at the bottom it says coming up Monday, Nelly, And
just in the middle of his answer, he said, ooh,
Nelly's gonna be on on Monday, and then just kept talking.
And we love that so much, and it forced a
change in our programming.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Because it's rude.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
It's like when you're telling somebody something and they're talking
about someone else and have completely ignored what you just said.
That's what it felt like visually, and he pointed it out.
We died laughing, and we're like, thank you for saying that.
That is so rude that we just told we're telling
people don't listen to Justin long right now, But get
excited about Nelly coming on Good Morning America on Monday.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Isn't that the equivalent of being at a bar talking
to one person but then looking over that person's show
the more attractive person.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
And you know what's happening. It's like, I can see
where your eyes are going right now. So anyway, we
love that he pointed it out us and actually enacted
real change to the show's format at that point. All right,
So why this Jeepers? Creepers made our list. We've said it,
it's fun. Don't overthink this movie. If you want to
be you know, if you want to find some cinnamon
(17:41):
ptography and some artistic I don't know, like you want
to be elevated in the form and the this isn't
for you. This is a fun, entertaining, fast paced movie
that gets.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
A little silly in the end.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
But you know what, we were all in and we
loved the format. We loved the ridiculousness of it.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
It was just fun. So go into it with that
attitude and you'll love it.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
But we promise you it is worth the ride off
the top. The first the opening sequence of this movie
is as amazing and it was not vogue. It's not violent,
it's not horrific.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
But your hart is racing.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
It's a highway scene. It's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Okay, so yes, we think we now have established who
It's not for anyone who's looking for some sort of
just introspective script that's creative and yes and keeps you
guessing it.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
No, that's not for you.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
This is just fun, just good fun, horror film fun.
All right, what would you pair this with TJ food
drink atmosphere?
Speaker 1 (18:43):
I'm thinking of something convenient. I'm thinking of something that
you're going to get outraged, Like, you should have a
drink that has a seal on the top. You should
have something you don't mind spilling onto the carpet, because
it's you almost want to throw things at the screen.
I think even there's the scene in which the young lady,
(19:04):
the lead actress, she acknowledges this is the part in
the movie where people say, stop doing this stupid thing.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
I actually appreciated that she said it, because I had
already been saying it a couple of times to the
justin long character. Why are you going to go back there?
Why do you need to investigate? Just keep driving? Silly
she's actually saying what we're thinking, which I appreciated. So
to your point, I would say Champagne would be great
because it's kind of a fun movie bubbles, and if
you spill it, oh good. I can't really tell that
(19:31):
some champagne spilled in anyway, it'd be a spill of honor.
You could say, see that's when I spilled champagne when
I was watching Jeepers Creepers.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
I think that's fun.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
But again, this is another popcorn movie. This is just
your classic on entertaining movie. I wouldn't overthink it, just enjoy.
And I do think this is one. And you've pointed
this out to watch with the group. You can watch
it by yourself, but this is a fun movie to
watch in a group setting.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Would you go on the again, righted R. I'm not
saying saying bring your six year old in to watch
this one, but it's if you're going to bring a
younger person into a horror movie, this is a not
so horrible way to do it.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
I would say teenagers and op would be totally fine
with this movie.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
I know people think we're crazy, but.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
It has become my parents are like, what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Amy?
Speaker 2 (20:20):
But my kids have grown up loving horror movies, and
I will say they they get it, they know it's
a movie. And I've never ever had to deal with
nightmares or any of that stuff because they've just always
been around it. And I think there's real perspective as
to what we're watching, which is entertainment, not a documentary,
and there is a distinction between the two. So to
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each his own, but I do think this is one
that is fun. Like on Christmas Day, what do we
do as the Holmes Robock family. We went to a
horror movie. That's us just full disclosure, all right? Where
to watch this? We watched this on Amazon Prime, yes,
just this week, so that is an absolute go too
easy way to watch this movie.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Or if on DVD, like I too, pull that old
DVD player.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
I love that you still have your DVD player. Watch
our DVD player.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Now, how else are we going to watch our seasons
of twenty four? You know what?
Speaker 2 (21:18):
That is something else we shared we didn't know. We
both loved Princess Bride and we both loved twenty four.
Never missed an episode of that unbelievable keep for Sutherland
juggernaut of a show.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
We own every season on DVD.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Love that all right, So our next episode, we're gonna
tease it, all right, The next movie on our list,
which will be number twenty, will make you rethink the
next dinner party you're invited to.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Oh my god, Okay, I forgot what we were doing there, And.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
I would say that that tease could apply to a
couple different movies. So I think it'll leave you guessing still,
because there have been a couple dinner party I've seen.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
I think there were at least three that.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Come to mind's in this one specifically because we both
loved the well it's it's dark, it's exceptionally dark, and
we can't wait to share it with you. So thank
you for listening to us Simmy Robot alongside TJ. Holmes.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
We'll talk to you soon.
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