If you're concerned about the undertones, then you totally missed the overtones. The cheerleaders discuss it specifically: Her boyfriend needs time with his friends because they won. She then says something to the effect of "Whenever they lose, he's all over me."
The Creeper remakes his body with parts from others. That's why he targets males. He does kill females, but it usually tends to be a peripheral or defense kill. I get the idea from the tapestry wall with couples together that the Creeper probably swoops down on while they're alone at night. The girlfriend dies in the process of the Creeper taking the part of the male he wants. He's Buffalo Bill making himself a man suit. But he has wings and sharp teeth and ninja skills. The creeper is vain. So are many homosexuals. So are many heterosexuals. As in every horror movie, violent, bloody penetration metaphors for actual copulation. It's more uncommon for a horror movie to actually prey specifically on men and heterosexual male sexual fear, as usually the prey is hot chicks which people are used to seeing. Most dudes who make movies want to see women running and screaming and covered in blood because they can imagine themselves in the *killer* role. Jeepers Creepers reverses that.
This type of preening and bonding and "flirting" happens among males. Especially young competitive ones of any orientation. Because of this theme, the movie ends up being amazingly not exploitive towards women. Some men might feel that the handsome actors are being exploited, but it's men who decided that their sex alone may display their torsos in public without it being a sexual thing. If someone doesn't like this it means the movie is hitting some unusual reality for that person and they are newly experiencing the flavor of exploitation that is not their usual taste. It's meant to invade space and frighten people as any monster protagonist worth the salt should.
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