I've long been aware of Creep and its sequel, Creep 2 mainly because I've long been aware of Mark Duplass and his extensive body of work...for better or worse. But I never bothered watching it. Not entirely sure why. When it comes to the career of Mark Duplass (as well as the work he's done with his brother Jay), I guess you could say I'm indifferent. Don't love him. Don't hate him. Just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But I can say I kind of hated Creep. It's a found footage horror film, which right there, enough already, centered on Aaron (Patrick Brice) who accepts a job offer to film some moments in the life of Josef (Mark Duplass) who has an inoperable brain tumor and wants to create a video for his unborn son. Of course this turns out to be a lie, and Josef is, in fact, a lunatic.
I'll give it this: at the halfway point it kind of veers into a direction I wasn't entirely expecting, but that is the only even halfway surprising thing about Creep. The sequel sets itself up with kind of the same scenario, though this time, the videographer is a YouTuber (Desiree Akhavan) who's desperate to find a subject that will actually get her some views. Enter Josef, who is now calling himself Aaron, and wants someone to document his retirement from serial killing.
I suppose there are some entertaining moments to be found in both films - they both have some funny scenes - and I probably liked the premise of the second more than the first. But ultimately I found both of them pretty boring, and will admit I fell asleep more than once.
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Both are currently streaming on Netflix.
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