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DRAG ME TO HELL
DRAG ME TO HELL-United States-2009
Alison Lohman as Christine Brown
Justin Long as Clay Dalton
- Lorna Raver as Sylvia Ganush
Trivia
Ellen Page was cast as Christine, but dropped out to star in Whip It (2009).
Sam Raimi’s friend Bruce Campbell, who appeared in some fashion in every other film Raimi directed, turned down a role because he was busy with his TV show “Burn Notice” (2007).
The license plate of Sylvia Ganush’s car is 99951. When it is turned upside-down, it reads IS666.
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JEEPERS CREEPERS
Chris Benoit
JEEPERS CREEPERS-United States-2001
Gina Philips as Patricia Trish Jenner
Justin Long as Darry Jenner
Jonathan Breck as The Creeper
Patricia Belcher as Jezelle Gay Hartman
Eileen Brennan as The Cat Lady
Written and Directed by Victor Salva
Jeepers Creepers is the Chris Benoit of horror movies. Okay, now that you are scratching your head and wondering what the hell I’m talking about, I will explain via comparison. Jeepers Creepers is a skillfully directed horror film. Chris Benoit was a highly skilled professional wrestler. Jeepers Creepers has two characters, Trish and Darry Jenner, who are believably portrayed by Gina Philips and Justin Long. Chris Benoit could take a sport (or spectacle if you so prefer) like pro wrestling and make it believable. In 1988, while filming Clownhouse, Victor Salva, the writer-director of Jeepers Creepers was convicted of five felony counts of sexual relations with a 12 year old boy. In June of 2007, over a three day period, Chris Benoit strangled his wife and seven year old son and ended his own life by hanging himself with the weights and pulleys from his personal weight machine. Salva served 15 months of a three year sentence and was paroled. He is now a registered sex offender. Any mention of Chris Benoit has been erased by World Wrestling Entertainment at the behest of its Chairman, Vince McMahon.
I was a huge Chris Benoit fan. I am a huge Jeepers Creepers fan. That is, I am a huge fan of Chris Benoit the professional wrestler. I am not so sure about Chris Benoit the man. I am a huge fan of Jeepers Creepers. I am not a fan of Victor Salva. But then again, I don’t have to be. I don’t have to agree with what he stands for as a human being. I believe that what he did is one of the lowest acts that a grown man can do to a child. Just as Chris Benoit took the lives of his wife and child, Victor Salva has taken away the very thing that makes a childhood special and that is his innocence.
Jeepers Creepers is an almost-great horror film. Too bad the same can’t be said for Victor Salva.
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