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- 2017
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 18 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
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Summary A video artist looking for work drives to a remote house in the forest to meet a man claiming to be a serial killer. But after agreeing to spend the day with him, she soon realizes that she made a deadly mistake.
Directed By: Patrick Brice
Written By: Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice
- 2017
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 18 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 18 m
Creep 2
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6.9
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Summary A video artist looking for work drives to a remote house in the forest to meet a man claiming to be a serial killer. But after agreeing to spend the day with him, she soon realizes that she made a deadly mistake.
Directed By: Patrick Brice
Written By: Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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The sequel will impress any fan of the original. It's fresher than most of the low-budget thrillers gracing theaters lately.
Whereas “Creep” suggested that the annoying man-child is scarier than you think, Creep 2 shows just how much scarier he gets with age.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 54 User Ratings
6.9
56% Positive
30 Ratings
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37% Mixed
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7% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 54 User Ratings
6.9
56% Positive
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
37% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
7% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Patrick Brice manages to keep the titular creep from suffering the undesirable fate of diminishing returns by upping the amount of dark comedy and having the serial killer go through a midlife crisis. Desiree Akhavan is the perfect foil for Duplass. Playing a character that's used to dealing with eccentric people, she is completely unfazed by his bizarre actions or disturbing revelations and he has no idea what to make of it. She just continues to go along with his hilariously outrageous stunts.
It's amazing to see the first film turned on it's head like this. Instead of trying to go for the same kind of mysterious, unsettling stalker flick as before, Brice rightfully decides to make fun of it's predecessor's more absurd qualities. There's a reason why Akhavan's "Sara" fails to see any danger in the creep (now calling himself "Aaron"). As she continues to push him farther just to see how weird he actually is, the more menacing qualities of his pathological lying start to fade away and you begin to pick up on his goofier qualities. Something that probably would have happened anyways had this sequel tried to once again go for a more serious approach to it's horror.
This means what we've gotten is more of a horror-comedy with a preference for the jokes. The last 30-minutes however are a tense return to form where the danger begins to re-emerge and you start wondering just how much of this was another one of the creep's sick games. Mark Duplass once again gives an incredible performance as, well, a total creep. Delivering what is likely one of the bravest moments of his career relatively early on in the film. A shocking, standout scene that caught me off-guard. Outside of playing it a little too safe with the ending, this movie is the very definition of unpredictable and another example of why Patrick Brice is deserving of our undivided attention at this time. 9.3/10
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It’s fun, has two engaging actors giving two fantastic performances, and may even scare you once or twice (though I kinda sorta doubt it).
With Creep 2, you’re never truly convinced the narrative is going the way you think it’s going, and while that may be frustrating to some (aka, those who don’t understand the concept of psychological thrillers), it’s almost enchanting for those looking for one good scare.
For fans of the original who don’t mind the loss of scares, Creep 2 improves on the first film in nearly every way, from tone to dialogue to plot.
Σε καμία περίπτωση δεν πρόκειται για κακές ταινίες, απλώς η αναγωγή τους σε franchise αποσκοπεί στο να τραβήξει το κοινό περισσότερο απ’ ότι οι αρετές τους. Πολλοί όπως κι εγώ, γνώρισαν το Creep όταν βγήκε το δεύτερο μέρος. Αν τυχόν βγουν περισσότερες συνέχειες, όλο και περισσότεροι θα μπούνε στον πειρασμό να τις δούνε όλες μαζεμένες.
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A sequel to the polarizing first found footage film that left me somewhat in discomfort, Creep 2 takes a different approach on a story that was already played out and made it interesting to a fault. This film lacks the suspense and worry from its predecessor but the odd personality that is "Josef" and "Aaron" does everything it needs to.
58/100
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There will be some spoilers below, so just a warning. So I just got done watching the first Creep movie last night and my review was not very positive and for good reason. Now I am just going to say that I had a better time watching this movie but it is also because I went into it with a completely different mindset compared to the first, so my expectations weren't very high but also open to the silly nature of these films.
This one follows along the same process as the other, Josef/Aaron/the killer does craigslist type request for a person to do a day of filming, we are introduced to the main character of this movie, that being Sara. We are going to refer to the killer as Aaron as that is what he goes by in this film (most likely taken from his victim in the first movie), but Aaron actually openly confesses to Sara that he is a serial killer from the beginning, he seems to be pouring his heart out to her and even goes as far to show her footage of him killing someone. You'd think Sara would turn tail and run, but nope, we will get to that in a the next section but this whole film is about their interaction leading to a conclusion which is almost just as laughable as the first movie.
So why didn't Sara run after being told she is in a room with a serial killer? Well because she is desperate for footage, she was told she wouldn't be killed for 24 hours and of course the most important thing, she says and I quote "I am 99.9% sure he isn't a serial killer". This made me face palm a little too hard, I would've been more behind the radical thinking of Sara if she was just some extreme young adult who wanted an adventure, but having her take this view just made her come across as brainless, much like our main character from the first film! I actually enjoyed a lot of the back and forth communication with Sara and Aaron, Sara almost seemed to be 2 steps ahead of Aaron and was almost manipulating him, but it goes back and forth at times in the movie and it is never truly made clear who is actually in control of the situation, we just are watching two nutcases socialize and do other inappropriate things that complete mislead us as viewers to actually know what either of these characters are thinking.
Now as I said, the movie was more enjoyable because of the mindset I put myself in which most definitely helped so a lot of these dumb moments, I just shrugged off and tried to enjoy it, for the most part I did. If you try to take this movie even a little bit seriously, you will not have the best time, just got to switch your brain off and just try to enjoy it.
As mentioned above, the ending was incredibly goofy and stupid, but I also expected that. I felt this movie could have gone in a different direction if they made some adjustments on Sara's view of Aaron, and tweaked some of the things they did together throughout the movie, it could've actually been an interesting movie to watch, but not quite. Chuck it on with a group of friends, you will have a laugh and enjoy it I feel, but definitely don't try to look any deeper than what is being shown to you, because there is not much there.
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The ending is the worst, non-rational, forced resolution, fizzle spit cliffhanging horror kitsch I've seen in a long time. It adds a rancid aftertaste for a mediocre and redundant sophomore effort. Just watch the first one, which is far superior.
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Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Celluloid Screams - Sheffield Horror Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fright Meter Awards
• 1 Nomination
