Creep Van (2012)

hyped garbage

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Blistering performances.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Creep Van is pretty fun, if a little thrown together. The acting is acceptable and the gore and effects work for the most part, and there is actually a lot of character work that goes into the lead to make you at least slightly care about what is going on in his story.Where the film falls down is its lack of focus. Lots of scenes feel stitched together and the whole thing could have brobably been neatened up a whole lot. Plus there is never really any clear motivation for the antagonist at any point, and this isn't one of those 'less is more' situations. Even if it is schlocky, a 'tragic accident/prank gone wrong' origin might have added some depth here.Overall this is a pretty fun low budget gore flick, with some humour and nudity thrown in for good measure. Any fans of the genre won't be disappointed, although it definitely could have done with a tighter script and less one-way phone conversation acting, seriously, it was a lot.

One of those straight to video movies that you decide to give a chance and then wonder why you did. I like the way the main character is stuck in this dead end job but is trying to make the most of it with attempting to pick up the attractive young lady working at the same place and trying to enquire about the van for sale. The Creep Van - The same van that kills its first two occupants in glorious fashion - and then of course the film makers seem to run out of cash as very little happens of any merit after that. An OK film if you find you can relate to the main guy but the ending will lead you back to that wonder, the wonder why you bothered and to that point, why the filmmakers bothered also.

I'm betting everyone involved with this flick worked for free, because this creep van was filled with crap! The movie was so ridiculously bad it was funny - but not in a funny this is a parody way either. The acting was horrendous - really awful. The plot was idiotic and the set-ups to show some T&A were laughable. The characters were so very unlikable and nothing made any sense whatsoever. The one and only redeeming value was the teeny plot twist at the end and that was ridiculous too. That little twist at the end earned it 1.5 stars because otherwise this wouldn't have even garnered a single star. It's just that bad.

"Creep Van" is impossible to rate because the movie often makes little sense, indeed, its often nonsensical.The best comparison is to say it was watching the average YouTube video; the people making it obviously thought it was much funnier than the movie actually was. Often absurd, and occasionally I laughed, but often in disbelief or at the absurdity of the events on screen, rather than because it was funny.Another description would be Troma without the talent. Or, if you've seen any Syfy movie where the monster kills bystanders long before interacting with any central characters, the van's screen time is generally limited to things like that.Otherwise there's much nonsense, like a drug dealer screaming into his phone before finishing with "of course I'll tell Mom I love her", the martial arts girl beating up perverted engineer before both get turned into roadkill, etc.It's stupid, but you'll probably be tired of it before it's over.