Three days after the events of the first film, in its 22nd day of feeding, the Creeper abducts a young Billy Taggart in front of his father Jack Sr., his older brother Jack Jr. and their dog Mac.
The next day, a school bus carrying a sports team and cheerleaders suffers a blowout, after a tire is hit by a hand-crafted shuriken. A cheerleader named Minxie Hayes has a vision of Darry Jenner and Billy Taggart who attempt to warn her about the Creeper. Another tire is blown out, disabling the bus. The Creeper ambushes and abducts the bus driver and two coaches. When the Creeper returns, he singles out six of the students: Dante Belasco, Jake Spencer, Minxie Hayes, Scotty Braddock, Andy "Bucky" Buck, and Deaundre "Double D" Davis. Minxie has another vision in which Darry says the Creeper emerges every 23rd spring for 23 days to eat humans and she tells the other students.
After hearing several police reports, the Taggarts and Mac go hunting for the Creeper and soon make radio contact with the school bus. The Creeper attacks Bucky, but Rhonda stabs it through the head with a javelin. Dante begins prodding the Creeper's wing, only for it to grab and decapitate him. The Creeper tears off its injured head and replaces it with Dante's head. The students leave the bus to find help, but the Creeper chases them into a field, where it kills Jake and takes Scotty.
When the Creeper corners Jonny, Chelsea, and Bucky on the bus, the Taggarts arrive. Jack shoots it with a harpoon, which the Creeper fights off, managing to escape after flipping over the bus. Rhonda, Izzy Bohen, and Double D find a truck and attempt to escape but are chased by the Creeper again. Izzy pushes Rhonda out of the truck before causing the vehicle to crash, injuring both Double D and the Creeper, who loses an arm, a leg, and a wing, although Izzy crawls from the wreckage before the truck explodes.
The Creeper continues to drag itself toward Double D. When it has Double D pinned down, Jack shoots it in the head with the harpoon. He repeatedly stabs the Creeper, which goes into a hibernation state before it can die.
In 2024, 23 years later, three teenagers drive out to the Taggart farm to see a sideshow attraction called "A Bat Out of Hell." They see an elderly Jack Sr. watching the Creeper with the harpoon at his side. When asked if he is waiting for something, Jack answers "About three more days, give or take a day or two".
The film was shot on a private road in Tejon Ranch, California. Three buses used during production were later destroyed; a fourth bus was constructed inside an airplane hangar. Victor Salva wrote a part for singer Meat Loaf but negotiations did not work out. Ray Wise's jacket caught on fire during a take of the welding sequence. The camera was upside-down for the scene where the Creeper singles out the students. Executive producer Francis Ford Coppola visited the set one day during the shoot. Much of the final act was inspired by Jaws (1975).
Reception
Jeepers Creepers 2 opened in 3,124 theaters and had a U.S. domestic gross of $35.6 million. Other international takings were between $27.4 and $84.3 million, depending on the source. The worldwide gross was $63.1–120 million, higher than the original. It displaced its predecessor, Jeepers Creepers, to become the new record holder for the highest ever Labor Day opening weekend four-day gross, holding the record until the 2005 release of Transporter 2. After the 2020 Labor Day weekend, Jeepers Creepers 2 still holds the #6 spot with the #8 spot still held by Jeepers Creepers. Allowing for films
