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To let out the toxic fumes and smoke it filled with each time it had to run. John as the soon-t0-be headless trooper taking direction before we roll cameras on the discovery of dusty fingerprints on the handle of the kids' car. Big as a house back in Not a comfortable body to be in generally -- let alone in a hundred degree weather and with all that humidity. I was a massive, breathless wet tea bag for my entire Florida stay. Buried under cloth and latex, the ninety percent humidity couldn't have been fun.

Here he is getting a beauty mark or two on one of those long Florida roads we shot on. Justin Long and my producer Barry Opper between takes of the car and Creeper truck chase scenes. Coincidentally, Justin had been working and hanging out with Sam Rockwell I think they were in a play together just before Justin trekked out to Florida, so I remember thinking there was some kind of weird or at least twisted symmetry going on in all of this.

A rare photo of Justin in Creeper garb. Here, we are in Florida in an old abandoned slaughter house where the Creeper's other lair was built. Justin's chemistry with the talented and beautiful Gina Philips was that perfect balance of affection and irritation that a director could only dream of getting when writing a relationship film about a young brother and sister stuck in the same car on the way home for Spring Break.

The Creeper at last makes a grab for his main squeeze. I loved the idea of counting on the audience's expectation for the lovely Gina to be the object of the Creeper's hunger -- and then to surprise everyone by making it Justin's eyes that were the focus of the Creeper's obsession.

Justy getting ready for a take in the diner sequence. The equal parts talented and beautiful Ms. I am not supposed to share this rare picture taken at the church, but here I go, for my die-hard Jeepers fans. Why is this picture verbotten? See the bodies and the open doors of the truck?

See how clean and sterile looking they are? They were not painted or dressed to ever be seen. Here we are with the crane and the crew for another day at the Jeeper's church.

Under that white tent top is "video village" or "Victor Village" we called it. Where I and my faithful script super Patti would sit and watch the shots on the video assist.

One of the great joys of my directing career thus far: watching Eileen Brennen work her magic as an actress. Dunnellon, Fl. In this shot they're driving North. In this shot they're driving South. The filmmakers really utilized this stretch of highway. Director Victor Salva must've loved the look of this tree because it's shown repeatedly in various shots throughout the film.

As a matter of fact he liked it so much that he even had Darry Justin Long urinate next to it,. Ocala, Fl. This was an authentic former church named the St. James Church but it was closed down and sat abandoned for quite some time prior to filming. A few years after the film's release the church burned down. Some people suspect it was the doing of former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who had a horse farm just to the south of the church property, allegedly because he was tired of fans of the film coming to visit the church so frequently.

Many of the trees that surrounded the church also burned down along with it. This pipe is possibly all that remains from the church. The diner was named after producer Barry Opper. The road in front of the diner was just a two lane highway.

Poho County Sheriff's Dept. Reddick, Fl. Formerly Reddick High School. The school was in operation from to Exteriors and most of the interiors,. Ending - NE 14th St. Formerly White's Meat Packing, operations ceased in the early 80's. Both exterior and interior shots were filmed here. This was one location I would've loved to visit before it was demolished. Here's an aerial photo of the building before it was demolished.

As far as I'm concerned the truck is as important as any location in the film, it's absolutely menacing. A huge thanks to Tom for unleashing "JC" for a bit and allowing me to photograph and even do a ride along. Restoration began in starting with sheet metal repair and replace. Time and care was the focus to maintain the original character and charm of the truck as well as preserve as much of the original structure as possible.