The original truck from the film is owned by a private collector in Maryland, who kept it as a relic and also provided it for the production of Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017). He also rents it for some events and conventions.
At the time of its release this was the highest grossing film to ever be released during Labor Day weekend. The record would subsequently be broken by its own sequel, Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003).
Was shot in central Florida, around Ocala. The highway where much of the film was shot didn't appear deserted enough, so Victor Salva got local homeowners to uproot their mailboxes temporarily.
Tim Sullivan: (at around 1h 2 mins) horror film actor and director appears on a wanted poster in the police station - a nod from a friend Brad Parker who worked in the art department of the movie.