Creeps

Brief-ly: the loathsome Victor Salva has signed to write and direct Jeepers Creepers 3: The Creeper Walks Among Us (that title will get changed). Ray Wise will return as whatever guy I don't remember Ray Wise playing in the second one.

The first two made money despite an almost total lack of quality; though I remember thinking the first one had a promising opening, it gets bad real quick, and the idiotic ending takes care of any lingering doubt. The second is dumb throughout, though I am a little perplexed by the application of the IMDb tag "Gay Monster," so it's possible I've forgotten most of the movie, or at least certain apparently important subtext.

The first in the series made about $60 million worldwide on a $10m budget; Jeepers Creepers 2 made $63m on a $17m budget, and both have hit over $100m with DVD sales, according to Salva in an interview at Fangoria, wherein he angles for a theatrical release.

Nothing surprising about an announcement of the third, therefore, but I'm still surprised about the lack of compunction about giving work to convicted/admitted child molester Salva. Even without any further moral proselytizing here, Salva's just not a good enough director to bother dealing with the baggage, bad press, perennial risk of protests, etc., but it seems horrible human being + horrible director + horror movie = boffo box office!