Creep (2004)

Really Surprised!

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Please don't spend money on this.

A lot of fun.

Creep review " Creepy, Cunning yet fairly constant" (7/10)The movie starts in a comforting setting, confusing you as to what is to come. Settings are ideal throughout, to provide a real heir of tension. The music is catchy and rhythmic with a creepy undertone. The characters are well played and the movie benefits from a relatable location, with normality as a baseline. It cleverly builds tension with relationships emphasised at times, yet doesn't let you know enough about the main characters in my opinion. The film leaves space for a sequel with certain unanswered questions. The tension building whilst good, would benefit from additional special effects. In my mind, after the tension is cut, it is never truly reestablished. The scares become repetitive and predictable without any variation except precise location. Whilst you're encouraged to continue watching out of curiosity, this isn't out of fear. Darkness needs to adopt more forms to provide a more satisfying film. The plot is good though as it is well considered. It makes logical sense and is not overextended, with a fairly minimal film duration. With limited characters, and some considerable pauses between dramatic events, the film reaches a level and stays there. It would be great to see something more imaginative than the expected. That said worth a watch and a good movie with some level of uniqueness.

30 years after we embraced Donald Pleasence in Raw Meat, Christopher Smith gives us the best underground subway horror in 3 decades. This film was just terrific and we get the lead actress from Run Lola Run to run some more but this time from something slightly more insidious. We get a great little back story as well and a creature that is sure to " Creep " the hell out of you. Thank you Mr. Smith because you inspired a few more underground subway horror films in the decade to come most notably The End of the Line and the stupendous Stag Night. So get the popcorn ready, turn out the lights and get ready to be scared Old School Style.

This is a relatively low budget but enjoyable horror from a promising director. The action is set in the London underground which makes for an unusual and grim setting.The acting is more than passable for a low budget film and the monster is suitably creepy. There are plenty of good set pieces and whilst not overly scary it is tense and gory enough to satisfy horror fans. I am surprised at the low rating of this film, I have seen far worse similar films and most people I know who have seen this film enjoyed it. If you like British horror and want something easy to watch then this film won't let you down.

A woman coming back from a party falls asleep in a subway station and misses her train. When she gets on the next one it mysteriously stops and then when she knocks on the conductor's cabin the lights go out. However, these prove to only be the start of her problems as a deformed man (the eponymous creep) are hunting her and others.Now, the most obvious problem I have with this film was where the hell was this borderline mutant before now? While it's possible that homeless could go missing without anybody noticing he's attacking just about anybody down there in ways that people would realize something is wrong. Overlooking the potential plothole, the movie builds a fair amount of suspense throughout and the snarky heroine certainly has personality even if you might not necessarily like her.Movies like this really capitalize on our fears of the familiar unknown, those dark places in areas marked off-limits. And on some levels it does work pretty well. However, some of the locations seen just seem... insane. The actual Creep makes for a somewhat amusing villain; you don't actually get to see him for a while but he's interestingly multi-faceted except for his rather ambiguous origins. A very solid movie in most regards, although occasionally weak acting and pacing set it back.