10 Horror Films That Wasted Their Villain

10. The Creeper - Jeepers Creepers

The original Jeepers Creepers boasts a totally unforgettable opening sequence which the rest of the film strains (and fails) to live up to.

Siblings Trish (Gina Philips) and Darry (Justin long) are driving home from college when they find themselves terrorised by an aggressive trucker, who they soon come to believe is a serial killer operating in the area.

But the longer the movie goes on, and the more it reveals about the so-called Creeper, the less-interesting it becomes.

By the time the Creeper is shown in plain view and spreads its ridiculous-looking wings, confirming itself to be a supernatural monster, the film has largely devolved into goofy B-movie schlock.

It's a shame as there's some genuinely intriguing mythology behind the Creeper - chiefly that it comes out of hibernation every 23 years to feed for 23 days - but the deeply underwhelming Jeepers Creepers trilogy has largely depicted the titular beast as a generic guy-in-suit critter.