<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $10 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $59.2 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Jeepers Creepers is a 2001 American - German horror film written and directed by Victor Salva . The film takes its name from the 1938 song "Jeepers Creepers", which is featured in the film . Francis Ford Coppola executive produced, and the film stars Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, and Eileen Brennan . Philips and Long play two older siblings who become the targets of a demonic creature (Breck) in rural Florida . </P> <P> Trish Jenner and her brother Darry are traveling home from college for spring break . As they drive through the Florida countryside, an old rusty truck tries to run them off the road . The vehicle eventually passes them, and they later see the same truck parked next to an abandoned church with a man sliding what appears to be bodies wrapped in blood - stained sheets into a large pipe sticking out of the ground . The man notices Trish and Darry watching him and attempts to run them off the road a second time . </P>

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