FILM · 2017 · USA
Jeepers Creepers 3
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30 Interesting Facts About Jeepers Creepers 3
Interesting Facts (27)
- #001
The film takes place after the original Jeepers Creepers (2001) and serves as a prequel to Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), filling the gap between them. It begins on the night Darry disappears at the police station and ends as the high school bus sets off on its famous journey.
- #002
In a May 2017 interview with Diabolique Magazine, Gina Philips confirmed that her role in this film was a cameo intended to determine what would happen to her character in future installments, and she also confirmed that "Jeepers Creepers 4" had already been written with plans to go before cameras. However, when the fourth film was greenlit, the studio dropped her and Victor Salva.
- #003
Victor Salva confirmed that the Creeper is actually a demonic consciousness in physical form.
- #004
Because MGM did not have the money to finance the third film, it was to be financed by Myriad Pictures, which is why the film had been unable to make progress for the past few years.
- #005
The Bannon High jackets used in the final scene are actually originals.
- #006
The film's premiere was to be held on September 13, 2017 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, and all tickets sold out. In addition, most of the cast of the previous two Jeepers Creepers films and franchise director Victor Salva were to attend the event, where the original Jeepers Creepers (2001) and then the third film would be screened. However, the event was canceled due to protests over Salva's criminal record.
- #007
Director Victor Salva was forbidden from showing scenes of the Creeper eating human organs.
- #008
Before it is revealed that Buddy is part of the 226 bus basketball team, several signs of this are shown: there is a Bannon High team sign in the hay shop office, and the number 226 (the bus number from Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)) appears many times.
- #009
Writer/director Victor Salva says the Creeper has slaughtered people in 23-year intervals since the dawn of technology.
- #010
Filming was initially to take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, but it moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after director Victor Salva was banned from entering Canada due to his criminal record.
- #011
The Creeper's truck tires were reinforced with pieces of skin taken from the creature's cracked parts.
- #012
Writer/director Victor Salva confirmed that the Creeper's hunting vehicle with the "BEATNGU" license plate would return in this installment. It was absent from Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003).
- #013
In the end credits, you can see the original designs and concept art from the first film, including the design of the table in the Creeper's lair.
- #014
Some of the sounds the Creeper makes are a mix of dog barks and cat roars.
- #015
At one point, actress Adrienne Barbeau was reported to be playing Gaylen Brandon. In a May 2017 interview, she stated that she was offered the role on Facebook but ultimately turned it down.
- #016
At roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes in, when Buddy boards bus number 226, a black girl in a blue shirt can be seen. She is meant to be the character Chelsea Farmer from Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003).
- #017
The Creeper reuses the medieval battle axe from the first film.
- #018
The screams the Creeper makes are the same as those he made before taking Darry Jenner in the original Jeepers Creepers (2001).
- #019
Chester Rushing and Gabrielle Haugh did not get along during the film's shoot.
- #020
As in the first film, the Creeper whistles a song after killing a victim.
- #021
The Creeper's tongue is red in this film, but it was black and red in the first two films.
- #022
The character Dan Tashtego is inspired by Tashtego, the African-born harpooner in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. Previously, in Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), Victor Salva had made a loose adaptation of Moby-Dick with the characters Jack Taggart and Jackie Taggart, who were inspired by Captain Ahab and Queequeg.
- #023
This film reveals that Trish and Darry set out for Still Water County. Sergeant Tubbs mentions that Trish and Darry Jenner's parents come from Stillwater, a fictional town in Poho where Victor Salva's film The Rosewood Lane (2011) is set.
- #024
Kenny was only mentioned a few times shortly before and appeared as a corpse in the first film, but here he has several scenes featuring his ghost and flashbacks. Sergeant Tubbs also has a somewhat larger role this time.
- #025
(About 11 minutes) When the Creeper is shown standing on top of his truck while driving down the road, it exactly mirrors what happened in the first Jeepers Creepers (2001) film when he killed two police officers while on top of a police car.
- #026
Kirk caught rabbits with traps in order to kill them. Ironically, he was caught by the Creeper's truck (a deadly trap) and killed just like the rabbits he caught in his mother's garden.
- #027
The Creeper's truck's booby-trap system consists of two internal blades, a spear on a cable that extends from the rear, and a metal-spiked gate above the opening.
Production Story (2)
- #028
The film had been in development since 2005. Victor Salva wrote a script titled "Jeepers Creepers 3: Cathedral" with Gina Philips as the lead. Brad Parker (art director and co-creator of the Creeper) even did concept art for the film. In the end, however, MGM showed no interest in making another film, so the script was canned, and when the project was greenlit in 2015, Salva had to rewrite and change characters as well as accommodate multiple budget cuts. Night shooting was expensive for the company, so almost the entire project was shot during the day; in addition, no botarga was used because only a mask and hands were made for the Creeper.
- #029
While the film was in pre-production at MGM, it was to be a direct-to-video release titled Jeepers Creepers 3: The Creeper Walks Among Us (a pun on The Creature Walks Among Us, the third entry in Universal's Creature from the Black Lagoon series), planned for release in 2006. However, MGM dropped the film due to a lack of proper financing.
Behind the Scenes (1)
- #030
During filming, Chester Rushing approached actress Gina Philips to take a photo with her, but Gina Philips had no idea who he was. She thought he was a fan. Two weeks later she discovered that Rushing was an actor and was appearing in the same film as her.
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