Movies are as much a part of college life as pizza, hangovers and afternoon naps. However, you may not know Gainesville is also a sacred movie ground.

Jeepers Creepers (2001, starring Justin Long and Gina Philips): The source of many a viewers’ screams, that abandoned church, is on a horse farm outside Ocala.

The Devil’s Advocate (1997, starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino): Micanopy, 12 miles south of Gainesville, was the town Reeves left before meeting the devil. Reeves’ character also took his mama to church on 39th Avenue in Alachua County.

Just Cause (1995, starring Laurence Fishburne and Sean Connery): Scenes from the Murphree Area precede Connery’s stirring lecture on the death penalty in the University Memorial Auditorium.

Doc Hollywood (1991, starring Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner and Bridget Fonda): Micanopy’s Ebling House is the setting of Fox’s character’s medical clinic. The Shady Oaks Studio, Gallery and Bed and Breakfast, off downtown Cholokka Boulevard, is where the cast relaxed between scenes.

Parenthood (1989, starring Steve Martin): One scene, in which Martin’s character dreams of his son wanting revenge for making him play second base in little league, features a shooting spree from atop Century Tower into Turlington Plaza.

Story by Fred Griffin