MovieChat Forums > Jeepers Creepers (2001) Discussion > The Psychic is the worst part of this mo...

The Psychic is the worst part of this movie

posted 8 years ago by jpowers4667
5 replies | jump to latest

Not only is every piece of dialogue or scenery involving her corny and, in general, terrible, but her presence is revealed to be entirely pointless.

All her premonitions stop nothing, they save no one, and ultimately, she does nothing to help Trish and Derry. What is the point of her character exactly? She adds nothing to the movie.

[–] kelly4oasis13 8 years ago

I'm guessing they needed her to have someone explain the creeper and how he comes to feed every 23rd spring blah blah. Not sure how we the audience would ever know this without having someone say so in the film

[–] CptHowdy87 8 years ago

Not only is every piece of dialogue or scenery involving her corny and, in general, terrible, but her presence is revealed to be entirely pointless.

I thought her lines were great! "You hear that song and you run! because that song means something terrible for you! something you couldn't dream about in your worst nightmares!"

and of course "I hear one of you screaming in the dark, screaming the last scream you'll ever scream!" great lines delivered extremely well in my opinion.

Her purpose was, and there's a name for these exposition giving characters, was to inform the audience what the creeper is and what it wants. It's not just a scary monster trying to kill some kids. It's a monster that eats body parts to grow stronger. That point needed to be driven home to explain how the Creeper keeps coming back and regenerating it's flesh but especially because of the final shot of the movie.

Your right that she doesn't actually change anything that happens and Trisha herself actually points this out; "why didn't you dream up something useful?" to which Jezelle responds something to the effect of "I thought if you knew what I knew that you could change something, why the hell do you think I'm here?". Jezelle has visions of the future and unless she intervenes then it's going to play out exactly how she dreamed it. She thought her showing up at the police station and letting the kids know what's happening might be able to somehow change the course of events.

[–] LilyJ 8 years ago

I agree.

She probably would have been more convincing if her lines weren't so terrible.

Just say what you have to say and stop with the theatrics. Damn.

Even though she was a bit extra, she still proved that she knew about the bodies and the creeper so it baffled that they rebuffed her (namely Trish).

Especially since she was the only one that believed them

[–] LilyJ 8 years ago

And although she didn't change anything,it's good that she tried to see if she could.

It didn't help that she was met with some opposition.

... her lines and their delivery were still ridiculous though

[–] femmemuscle (110) 6 years ago

Yep.. especially that one emphatic line where she says "We need to find a way out of here!!"..

And they are ALL standing in front of a damn door.