Jeepers Creepers -

Turn off the radio. Now.

The glass shattered. The last thing Elias heard was the beat of heavy wings heading toward the moon. creature's dark history? Jeepers Creepers

"Jeepers creepers… where'd you get those peepers?" Turn off the radio

The phrase gained international fame through the written by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer for the film Going Places . In the movie, Louis Armstrong famously sings the tune to a racehorse named Jeepers Creepers. The lyrics— "Jeepers Creepers, where'd ya get those peepers?" —became a catchphrase of the era. The song's cheerful, swing-style melody masked a lyrical focus on eyes ("peepers") that would eventually be recontextualized into something much darker by the horror genre. The Cinematic Rebirth: Jeepers Creepers (2001) Jeepers Creepers