There’s a scene in “Jeepers Creepers 2” where one of the unknowing prey investigates what he believes is the dead body of the creature who’s killing off his friends. The audience prepares itself for this guy to get iced, and he does, getting his head ripped off and thereby causing his body to swing its arms around.

Is this proof you need to surrender logic to enjoy a stupid horror flick, or proof you’re just watching a stupid horror movie?

Probably a bit of both.

If we’re going to explore the logistics of stupidity versus enjoyment, I’m going to match the reaction I had on the recently released “Freddy vs. Jason.” “Jeepers Creepers 2” is fun if you allow it to be. Stupidity and enjoyment combines to form an entertaining experience, and also like “Freddy vs. Jason,” it’s an easy movie to mock and ridicule.

As if it really matters, the movie is set the day after the original massacre in “Jeepers Creepers.” An adolescent boy is rigging scarecrows in his dad’s field when he thinks he sees one of them move. Obvious camera placement would provide a big “yes he did,” and we saw him move, too. He begins running back to the barn when all of a sudden the “Wizard of Oz” clone turns into Superman, snatching the tyke.

Cut to a bus traveling across a deserted highway much like ones we’re familiar with from the original. It’s filled with a bunch of rowdy basketball jocks who take a bathroom break or sunbathe when the bus’s tire is flattened by a spike that looks like a weapon a Ninja Turtle would use. No worries for them, but since the bus driver is a bit shaken, they decide to make it home on three wheels.

Night sets, providing just enough spookiness for another spike to take out a different wheel. It’s not long before people start getting offed. Something’s up here, or so the jocks conclude.

One thing is for sure — this sequel has improved on the original. “Jeepers Creepers” has a great start and sours itself in a silly creature-feature, surrendering the suspense of what could have been an effective, if routine, thriller.

Its sequel abides by the same rules of the token horror film. Don’t stick your head down there. Don’t go somewhere alone. Don’t touch that. Don’t run away. Of course, all of these rules are broken. The shtick may be brainless, but this time around it works.

The movie’s best, and creepiest, scenes are where we’re taking a look at the creature. He’s a mix of Freddy Krueger and the Terminator. An ugly, unstoppable killing machine who makes you cringe every time you get a good look at him.

But it’s not all a tidy package. The creature is about the only redeemable quality of the movie. “Jeepers Creepers 2” showcases a great villain, a stupid plot, moronic characters and dreadful dialogue.

But then again, it’s the cheesiness that’s part of the fun.

“Jeepers Creepers 2” isn’t a great film or even necessarily a good one, but in a summer riddled with some truly awful stuff, this one’s not all that bad.