Conventions in Horror Films Found in "Jeepers Creepers 2"

Bad Title:

The title of Jeepers Creepers 2 in my view is a bad title for a horror film. The reason being is that the title does not say to me that this is a horror film. It tells me that this film could have been a comedy rather than a horror film.

I have not seen this film before and having watched it, i think that this is a bad title chosen for this film as it sounds more comical than a horror type film.
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Secluded Location:

The film is set in an American countryside with a single road running through fields of corn etc. This is a secluded location because during the film, there are little or no other characters in the scenes apart from the teenagers which are stranded in the middle of this farm land at night.

This works in horror films as it creates tension for the viewers, this is because the viewer is focused on these few characters and they see what happens to them during the course of the film.
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Someone Investigates a Strange Noise:

In this scene of the film, One of the characters here's a sound which breaks the silence. They go and take a look to see what has caused this noise, When the character wanders away from the group, the killer picks them off.

This is because that character is vulnerable because they are on their own. This makes the viewer focus on that particular character which leads to a scare as the character will most likely be murdered.
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Victim Locks Self In With Killer:

In this scene, the killer is on top of a school bus with students inside who coming back from a basketball game. The bus they were travelling back in has broken down and the killer has surrounded them. The killer then begins to shake the school bus and there is an extreme close up of a bolt falling off of the bus doors.

The students then realise that the killer has shaken the bus to try and lock the doors and has succeeded. This adds tension to the film because the viewer believes that there is no means of escape.
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Killer Doesn't Stay Dead:

In this scene, the killer reveals that he is immortal and cannot die following what would have been fatal injuries. Sometimes this can seem quite comical in the film as the injuries which the killer received would have been fatal in any normal circumstances which in my view makes the film less horrific.
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