Creep [2004]

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Actually a pretty good film, inspite of the negative reviews.......2008-02-21

I read through the reviews here before getting this film. All the reviews that blast this as a worthless piece of cinema and the few that like it. Not surprisingly, I was somewhat put off by that, but even so, two factors made me buy it anyway. The first was that the few good reviews here painted enough of a picture to make me think that it might be worth a look. Second was that I just could NOT resist the idea of a story set on the London underground. That weird underworld of London that we only get faint glimpses of in our normal lives riding the unfriendly tube.

Having actually seen it, I am now a bit puzzled why everyone has taken against it so sharply. Or, more accurately, I am puzzled what people expected that wasn't there. I think it is a great film. Sure it has a few flaws (the rather cute rats are a bit of a shame). Sure, it is not quite `factually accurate' in some ways (and yes - all horror movies are factually accurate, aren't they!). But overall it seems to work very well and succeeds admirably in being what it sets out to be - a horror movie at its simplest. Not supposed to be real. Not supposed to make you think too much, but instead out to give you a trip and to make you feel both fear and a sense of the strange and unusual. Unreal, but with its own bizarre logic. And why not? That's what horror is for, isn't it? I bought this at the same time as The Descent, which many people compare it to unfavourably. But of the two I sort of prefer this film. Perhaps that is because The Descent tries to be a deadly serious film, which ultimately leads to it failing to convince with its improbable make up jobs and unlikely underground monsters. I am not saying that Creep is not a `serious' film. It is not a satirical film as such, but it is a film that knows what it is and is fully content to be that, to revel in the fact that it is unreal and improbable and fantastical and to just go with it. Which makes the suspension of disbelief - essential for a horror movie - easier rather than harder, I think. The result is a film that views more as a fantasy than a reality. Something closer to Neverwhere than to Blair Witch (to call up two very disparate examples). It is a voyage to somewhere else. Some strange subterranean world where improbable things are much easier to accept. This subterranean setting is magnificent, I think. And it is not so far from the truth either. London is a strange place with lots hidden below the surface. The `lost rivers' of London for instance, which now flow through forgotten tunnels caught up in the sewage system. Also, the store room that she climbs into quite early on in the movie is real I think. I cant remember where it is precisely (near Camden perhaps?), but I think it was once a wartime bunker or shelter and was also intended to be part of a tube line. It was given over to storage for businesses documents etc. instead though. I cant swear that the actual sewer tunnels and old passageways are really there under london, but these things do exist and the ones in the film are certainly far from improbable. The interconnectedness of this underworld might be stretching reality a bit, but even so the general tone is quite `acceptable' - if not totally realistic - even if you have a little knowledge of what is actually down there.

The movie is full of other nice touches as well. That awful woman who refuses to help with change near the start of the film perfectly captures the arrogant and unhelpful citizens of a city with a very cold heart. All the actors do a great job in fact. Even the Creep himself is not too bad. Perhaps a bit overblown in the makeup considering that he is actually a human being, but even so, the performance itself is good, with his high-pitched call and sometimes almost elegant movement.

And most magnificent of all is Franke Potente's wonderful performance, moving from the odious smart-set girl at the start (who you almost want to see get a kick in the pants from something raw and horrific, just to wake her up a bit) to the broken, fragile and very human thing left at the end. And that last scene of all - I wont reveal it here - but I think it is a little piece of genius. Such a perfect way to round this all off.

Now - if they'd just left the rats out of it . . .

Oh dear .. .......2008-02-11

Oh deary me .. this was a suggested film by Amazon so tried it and um well ...

1. You felt NOTHING for the main character / heroine a mouthy selfish arrogant yuppy, ok attractive German woman.. why oh why did'nt the Creep get her ??

2. The Creep was nothing special or scarey ( 7 hours in makeup ?? a waste of six hours if you ask me )

3. It DID have some nice ideas but ultimatly blew it by the rubbish acting by the main character .. the supporting actors tried thier best with what they had to work with , full marks to them.

4. Get "The Decent" instead .. or Blade Runner anything else ..

nuff said

Dreadful, awful & turgid!.......2008-01-23

If the intention, or objective of this movie had been to shock and sicken, then congratulations! A resounding success!
But if you enjoy ANY movie that has even a shred of a plot, or storyline, you'd best look elsewhere, damned fast.Because this movie has as much thaught, detail, and coherance, as hospital food has flavour.
It could have been great, so easily.
Some 'underground' movies manage to pull it off to great effect...'Quatermass & The Pit', for example.
This tawdry little non-starter seems to follow the general dumbing down descent that so many of todays horror films take these days.That being the path of least resistance, and teen target audiences...cheap shocks, hack & slashers are 2 a penny (Saw 1,2,3,4, yawn) and so on.
Sam Raimi knows a trick or two about making a low budget shocker.
Creep however, fails dismally in all area's.
AVOID!

Blood - check, gore- check, rats- check, London underground- check, Blond Euro - poppet dressed in impractical shoes check ..........2007-12-17

Don't get me wrong, I like a good horror flick as much as the next person. But let's face it the majority of them are merely mindless gore fests and gratuitous violence. `Creep' is by no means an exception to this rule. Set in the twisty turning world of the the London underground `Creep' had the potential to be a good horror flick, if only it had utilized its setting and the filmmakers had spent more than five minutes devising the plot. Ultimately because the plot is so superficially thought out and the acting so dire, the film's only potential saving grace - suspension of the audience's disbelief- can never fully materialise. I was just never convinced by the strange goings on in the underground. The creature (the `creep') is merely depicted as mindless killer with his back up, probably because he is extraordinarily unattractive! The film presents a lack of commitment in detailing how and why he became the creature he is, and instead he merely comes across as a sadistic murderous and sexual predator. This brings me to my strongest objection with film: the sexual violence. In one scene, trapped on the tube alone, the protagonist (played badly by Franka Potente) is almost raped by a male `friend'. The whole scene is treated with a blasé casualness that almost renders the threat of rape redundant. Conversely a scene much later on in the film, involving the creep and a poor homeless girl is so shocking, disgusting and mindless, I simply couldn't describe it here. My recommendation would be don't waste your money on this tripe, you can probably see it for free on Film 4's `Saturday Night Shocks' if you so wish to be reminded of the banality of modern horror films.

Laughable.......2007-12-02

Not much to add to the scores of single star reviews here. Only to say not just one of the worst horror films of all time, simply one of the worst films of any kind ever made. Bad acting, dire screenplay, laugh-out-load scenes when you're not supposed to laugh, etc, etc.

Avoid this the same way you would avoid catching a dose of syphilis.

Spooks and Creeps [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Spooks and Creeps [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Matthew Glave
Director: Sam Bozzo
Manufacturer: Vanguard Cinema
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Release Date: 2004-10-26

Meet the Creeps, Vol. 1: Outrageous Hidden-Camera Comedy [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Meet the Creeps, Vol. 1: Outrageous Hidden-Camera Comedy [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Jim Florentine
Manufacturer: Xtreme Entertainment
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Release Date: 2005-03-01

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