Creep

Plot synopsis:
Aaron, a freelance videographer, is driving to the home of a person who has hired him to do eight hours of work. He arrives at a house in the wilderness with a long stretch of stairs leading to the front door. Aaron knocks but no one answers so he decides to wait in his car. He turns the camera to focus on an axe lying on the ground. Suddenly, Josef appears and greets Aaron with a hug. They make their way into the house that Josef says he's spent many summers in with his family. Josef explains that he wanted to hire Aaron to make a video of him for his unborn son. He explains that he has an inoperable brain tumor and wants his son to have something to remember him by. Aaron agrees to film him.Josef leads Aaron to the upstairs bathroom where he proceeds to run the bathtub and undress. Aaron is uncomfortable but Josef assures him this is important and not in any way inappropriate. With the camera rolling, Josef proceeds to explain to his future son what "tubby time" is and mimes giving a child a bath. Josef begins to become morose and asks Aaron if he should just end it all. He sinks beneath the water until Aaron approaches him and then pops back up to give him a scare. Josef insists he's just joking and asks Aaron if he wants to go for a hike. Aaron agrees.Josef suggests Aaron grab something warm clothes from the closet for their hike and Aaron opens the closet door to find a terrifying wolf mask on a shelf. Josef calls the mask "Peachfuzz" and puts it on while he sings a song he says his dad would sing while wearing the mask. Both men get into Josef's car and head for the hiking trail that Josef explains will lead to a spring that supposedly has healing powers.While hiking through the woods, Josef's behavior begins to get even stranger. He darts away from Aaron and continues to try to scare him by popping up out of no where. He also happily admits he has no idea where they're going despite Aaron's obvious discomfort. They finally find the heart-shaped spring and wade into it. Josef grabs Aaron for another hug and suggests they go to his favorite local diner for pancakes.When they get to the diner, Josef says "Let's see what's good here". When Aaron expresses confusion, stating that he thought Josef was familiar with the place, Josef says they changed the menu. Josef asks Aaron how he felt about seeing the axe in the yard and rattles him by asking if Aaron thought he was going to kill him with it. Aaron jokes that he did at first but now he knows him better. Josef asks Aaron to tell him about a time he felt ashamed. Aaron tells a story about wetting his pants when he was little. Josef shows Aaron some pictures he took on his phone. The pictures are of Aaron when he first pulled up to the house and was knocking at the door. Josef tells him he thought that if he got to know Aaron before Aaron got to know him then he'd be less nervous. Aaron admits he thinks what Josef did was creepy but he forgives him.When they get back to the house it's dark out and Aaron, obviously still unnerved by Josef's confession at the diner, tells Josef he's going to head home. Josef insists Aaron come in for one more drink and Aaron agrees. They do shots of whiskey and Aaron begins to head out again. Josef protests and asks Aaron if he could confess something he's never told anyone. Aaron agrees but doesn't turn the camera off like Josef requests. Instead, he leaves the microphone on and we hear Josef confess to raping his wife. He tells Aaron he found porn involving beastiality on his computer and knew his wife was watching it. Josef tells Aaron that he and his wife came to the vacation house and then Josef pretended to have to leave for work. Instead, he went and bought the Peachfuzz mask, came back to the house and proceeded to wear the mask while having sex with his wife after tying her up. He says he knew she enjoyed it but never realized it was him and never confessed to him what had happened.Aaron tells Josef he's going to go but then can't find his keys. Josef insists Aaron stay the night since it's dark and he's been drinking. Aaron is shaken but agrees to stay. He mixes them both a drink and slips Benadryl into Josef's drink to make him sleepy. When Josef falls asleep next to the fireplace, Aaron tries to go through his pockets. Suddenly, Josef's cell phone rings and Aaron answers it while hiding in the bathroom. It's Josef's wife asking who Aaron is and where Josef is. Aaron explains he's in the house and Josef has taken his keys. The woman tells Aaron to simply leave the house and keep walking because her brother isn't well. Aaron panics as he realizes Josef has been lying to him the whole time, using his sister's name as his "wife's". Aaron asks if he's in danger but the signal drops. When Aaron leaves the bathroom, Josef is missing. Aaron finds him crying on the porch and Josef tells him he doesn't want to die. When Aaron reveals he knows that Josef has been lying, Josef bolts down the hall toward the front door. When Aaron descends the stairs to the front door, Josef is standing in front of it with the Peachfuzz mask on, growling and gyrating. Aaron tells him that he's afraid and wants Josef to let him go. Suddenly, Josef launches at him and the camera goes black.The camera turns back on to a video of Josef dragging two garbage bags into the woods and burying them. Aaron turns the camera around to reveal he's alright but terribly disturbed. After Josef launched himself at Aaron, he ran off, leaving Aaron to get towed home. Aaron interprets the video as a threat. He's also very worried that Josef now knows his address. Aaron awakens in the night and turns on the camera to describe a dream he just had where he and Josef are back at the spring wearing Peachfuzz masks and bathing in blood.Not long after, a box is delivered to Aaron. When he opens it, there's another DVD along with a knife and a stuffed wolf. He turns the DVD on to reveal Josef making a confession of love and threatening Aaron. He tells Aaron to cut open the stuffed wolf. Aaron does and finds a heart locket with pictures of Josef and him inside. He calls the police who are unable to help since Aaron doesn't know Josef's real name or where he lives (the house he went to was just a rental). He hangs up in frustration. Aaron throws the DVD and locket into the trash.Aaron awakes that night, again from another bad dream. He hears a sudden noise and turns all his lights on. As he searches his apartment, Josef appears just outside his doorway. He disappears just as Aaron peeks toward the door. Aaron takes the camera to search outside and finds his trashcans overturned.The camera turns on to reveal Josef watching a sleeping Aaron and cutting off a lock of his hair. The next day, Aaron finds another DVD inside his window. When he plays it, Josef is outraged that Aaron would throw the locket away. He insists he loves Aaron and apologizes for lying to him. He tells Aaron that he's been sad and lonely for a long time and no doctors have been able to help him. He begs Aaron to come meet him in a public park so he can apologize and have closure. Aaron watches the video and begins to feel very sorry for Josef.The next day, Aaron goes to the park. He begins filming the spot where Josef told him to meet. He also tells the camera that he has 911 on speed dial. Aaron sits on a bench in the distance and looks out at the lake. Josef appears behind him and pulls the Peachfuzz mask out of his coat. As Aaron continues to stare off into the distance, Josef puts the mask on and pulls the axe from under his coat. Aaron doesn't notice him and Josef buries the axe in the top of Aaron's head.Josef turns on the camera to make a final confession to the now dead Aaron. He asks why Aaron would agree to meet him at all considering how deceitful he had been. He admires that Aaron filmed their last encounter and had 911 on speed dial but wonders as to why Aaron wouldn't be looking around in paranoia. Josef says he knows it's because Aaron is a genuinely good person, and that's why he's his favorite of all.Josef talks on the phone with another videographer as he adds Aaron's video to his collection of DVDs. Josef tells the person on the phone he looks forward to meeting him.

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Review:
Employing found footage in a way that actually makes sense in the context of the plot, Creep is the story of an increasingly awkward relationship between two men that feels frighteningly plausible.The film rests upon – and succeeds because of – Mark Duplass' excellent performance as the type of person we've all met at one time or another; someone a little bit too keen to be your friend, inspiring conflicting feelings of suspicion as to their motives and empathy with regard to their ill-judged attempts at social interaction.
Seen through the eyes (or rather camera) of Aaron, the only other on-screen character (played by writer/director Patrick Brice), it's clear fairly early on that something isn't quite right, but should he be worried?Despite an occasional reliance on cynical jump scares (presumably included to ensure that the tension doesn't sag – the film is dialogue-heavy) the suspense ebbs and flows nicely and keeps you guessing as to where it will end up going.
Thankfully, for a film that always feels like it's building up to something, the resolution is well-judged and perfectly executed.Overall this is a very impressive effort and marks Patrick Brice out as a filmmaker to keep an eye on..
The found footage horror genre feels like a train that should have left the station a long time ago but sticks around waiting to see who else they can cram on board so they can squeeze a couple more bucks out of.
Brice and Duplass are able to funnel the mumblecore's priority of character development and use of a more natural dialogue, or in this case, a very naturally unnerving dialogue, into the staples of a Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity) produced horror film.
Brice plays Aaron, a normal guy looking to make a little extra cash when he answers a craigslist ad that will pay him $1,000 for a days work to videotape a day in the life of Josef, played by Duplass.
That last sentence pretty much captures the film experience as you go back and forth from shocking jump scares and very unsettling interactions between the vulnerable Aaron and the assertively goofy Josef.Kudos to Mark Duplass for creating a character that is thoroughly terrifying but relatable enough and more importantly sympathetic enough to believably keep Aaron in a situation that just gets weirder and dangerously weirder.
"One jump scare every 10 minutes to keep them in the mood." Another one of my horror pet peeves is when the holder of the hand held camera in a found footage film only see's what the lense sees.
If we contrast this movie with its great grand-pappy, Blair Witch, we see just how far the found footage genre has come, which is surprising, considering that around the time of Blair Witch, it didn't really feel like there was a lot of mileage in that particular sub genre.For me, Creep's greatest strength is the black humor.
We've seen this kind of stalker idea many times before in conventional cinema of the nineties, such as Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Fan and Cable Guy but this one really puts the viewer in the shoes of the one who is stalked.Mark Duplass puts in a legendary performance as Josef.
Having already accepted payment for the day, Aaron takes things in his stride, but alarm bells really start ringing when the time comes for him to go home and he cannot find his car keysI'm not the biggest fan of found footage horror, but was surprised to find myself drawn in by the unusual nature of Creep's antagonist Josef, who is, without a doubt, a very disturbing (and disturbed) individual.
Although it's obvious from the outset that he's full of crap, blatantly lying about his illness, his bizarre behaviour and the mystery surrounding his real motives kept me watching.What a shame, then, that the film fails to live up to its early promise, any hope for a truly demented denouement dashed as Josef is revealed to be nothing more than your average common or garden obsessive homicidal nut-job.Aaron's actions throughout the film also undermine its effectiveness: I could get past the dubious notion that he would accept a job without any prior details, but his decision making skills thereafter prove increasingly questionable, the character failing to react in a logical fashion (only one call to the police, even with all that evidence—gimme a break!).
There are also numerous scenes that will have the viewer questioning why Aaron would continue filming given the situation (a common complaint about found footage films).An over reliance on very silly jump scares (one of Josef's strange traits is to hide from Aaron and then jump out on him) soon gets tiresome, and a daft ending where Aaron makes one last really, really, really bad decision is the final nail in the coffin..
The movie is filled with uncomfortable and awkward moments that will creep you out in a psychological way, and I guarantee you'll groan at the main character's stupidity on more than one occasion.
If you like horror/thriller movies and you can't decide what to watch, I'd recommend giving it a shot..
So, if you are like me and hate shaky video just endure the first minutes because you are in for a great ride.The movie has two main characters, and that's all that is needed to make it work.
You will get feelings for the characters, and you will arrive at the expected destination enjoying the ride.I fully recommend this movie for what it is: Good simple entertainment..
But things get out of control.Looks like simple found footage, but the two psychological types and their relationship ring true, so this two-hander is well played and ends up with a tight climax.
Low budget "reality" horror film that is disturbing at best but not worth the 90 minutes I wasted watching this trash.
The use of only 2 main characters was great made it more simpler.Creep follows Aaron a videographer who answered an ad on craigslist for a $1000 for 8 hours work with Josef.
Within hours he was acting a little strangely but always shrugging it off with "Weird Sense Of Humour" soon enough Aaron has had enough, He intercepts a call from Josefs supposed wife but instead his sister telling him to leave immediately.Im not going to give away the ending it has a few good scares but also a few loose ends...
(No spoilers)Creep (not to be mistaken with the 2004 horror with the same name, featuring a mash up of Gollum and Nosferatu) is a Blumhouse production and a found footage thriller from first time director Patrick Brice, that admirably serves its purpose in a swift running time of under 80 minutes.
Brice plays Aaron, the man behind the camera who has answered an advert on Craigslist - $1,000 to drive up to a cabin in the woods in the middle of nowhere and follow Josef (Mark Duplass) around for the day and film him going about his day.
Aaron's character may aggravate you somewhat (or a lot - but hey, that's a horror film for you) throughout the film, with you constantly asking questions about his impractical actions (or lack of) - especially why on earth he trusted a total stranger's vague Craiglist's ad in the first place, however Duplass' enthusiasm and deranged performance make the entire thing seem eerily realistic.
The suspense continues to build up by the halfway mark of the film so much I personally was struggling to watch the film due to covering my face with my hand and peeking out of a gap in my fingers, also unable to shift the memory of the film later on.As previously mentioned, this is a relatively short film but with the strong combination of unbearable tension paired with sitting on the edge of your seat in fear, this will seem a lot longer than a mere 80 minutes.
Creep, directed by Patrick Brice and starring Mark Duplass, follows Aaron who answers a sketchy craigslist ad for a one-day job to shoot a film.
I was actually expecting that Wolf Creek would play out more like this film...only to be blown away by it's extreme violence; realistic gore; and how long McLean was able to keep the shock-fest going for.The main characters in both films have over the top personalities- which are borderline laughable.
But it so mild and unsatisfying...that it just makes you want to punch the director in the face.Personally, I was more disturbed by the fact that people actually found this film to be "creepy", than I was by anything presented in the actual film.Seriously, are there that many people in this world, who are so psychologically weak...that they were driven to anxiety or forcibly terrified by such a paltry "horror" offering?Cause that is some sh*t to be scared about...the future of humanity is grim...3 out of 10..
This low budget found-footage film doesn't actually do anything new for the horror genre other than make it overly simple and minimalistic.
This mumblecore experimental artistic film focuses exclusively on two characters: Aaron (Patrick Brice) and Josef (Mark Duplass).
Josef explains that he is dying and wants to leave his unborn son a video of him so that he gets to know him kind of like in that Michael Keaton film, My Life, he explains to Aaron.
Patrick Brice directs and stars in Creep and he also co-wrote the script with Mark Duplass who helped produce the film.
it's a found footage film about a videographer named Aaron (director Patrick Brice) who responds to an add on craigslist for a one day job in a remote mountain town.
things are revealed to not be as they seemed and Josef begins progressing into a very assertive and creepy person.the found footage aspect is used in an effective and plausible way.
extremely chilling and convincing, he goes from weird and creepy assertive behaviour to being genuinely sincere and sometimes funny.the film does a great job of balancing humorous moments, excellent jump scares, seriously dark scenes of dialogue between the two characters and moments of suspense and tension.
most of the film is just scenes of dialogue between these two men and it works so well in terms of building a realistic and believable story that the audience can be immersed in.this is one of the best found footage horror films of all time.
It gets pretty disturbing on a more emotional level, rather than having bad jump scares (there are jump scares here and there, but they seem to be more for comedic purposes) and overly shaky camera movements to get some cheap scares, "Creep" is scariest when it has a disturbing silence to it.A truly great horror film..
I need to go there and bask in the beautiful scenery, while trying to forget the disturbing film I saw one time that was filmed there.It was definitely a unique take on the hand-held camera horror movies and that uniqueness kept me on the edge of my seat.
I love how the movie takes it's time and nothing is rushed as they usually do in horror movies, the footage view and the incredibly creepy creep..
The set up actually worked, and there was none of the usual "but why are you still filming??" BS that spoils most found footage.The acting was great, the characters were great and it was surprisingly scary.
No spoilers, but for some reason Duplass in a mask was weirdly frightening!It was even better on a rewatch, knowing the ending, the acting and the characters were that good..
I'm not a fan of Found Footage, and the story here is far for impressive, but Mark Duplass's charcter and acting make this a truely terrifying film..
Duplass is absolutely unforgettable as the neurotic and disturbed creep-type, always keeping you on the borderline between pity and sheer terror.The story itself is nice, though too full of holes for my liking (the ending in particular, which was completely unconvincing and forced, you'll know what I mean when you reach it).
Add to that Duplass's amazing acting and on-the-spot role and you get a film that is scary enough to be enjoyed even by those who, like myself, prefer to avoid this sub-genre.All in all, I'd say this film is a must-watch for fans of the sub-genre and possibly rewarding enough for other Horror fans.
Videographer Aaron (Patrick Brice) takes a job to film oddball Josef (Mark Duplass) living in a remote mountain cabin.
So it's pretty dumb, and even though it's technically a horror film, most of the "jump scares" in the film are literally the creepy guy running away from the camera guy and then jumping out at him from the corner like a 9 year old.
even though this wasn't the scariest movie ever - there still are jumpy parts, there is still the element of not knowing what is going to happen next, there definitely is a creep factor and the uncomfortable feeling you get while watching it.
If you do decide to watch it - remember to watch it knowing it is meant to be amateur style filmed, not a horror movie, no twists, but is creepy, uncomfortable and original and i really think you will enjoy it!.
Before watching "Creep", I would have had a hard time imagining improvisation working in a horror movie.
It seems like you could all too easily stray from the fearsome undercurrent each scene is supposed to carry with it - or, you could try to make everything you say scary, and thus merely become ridiculous.It must have been a tightrope, but Duplass and Brice were more than up to the challenge."Creep" has possibly the most naturalistic acting seen in a found footage film since "Blair Witch"..
Not what i expected to be,i don't get scared easily but this one's really creepy,finally a movie with found footage that i like and that i think it's creepy and scary.This one's a new kind of found footage that i really looked forward to seeing the end,really liked it.This movie is not like other horror movies.Even if it's not that scary it just seems so real and it can happen to anyone.The trailer is different and doesn't say much,but you won't regret watching it..
For a good slow burn, however, you can't do much better than Creep in my opinion.In summation, Buddy: Creep is a found-footage slow burn horror film that is one of the best of its kind, and I, for one, can't wait for the sequel..
Unlike other found footage there's little reliance on jump scares and gore and more of a building tension created through the conversation and actions of Mark Duplass' character.
How in the Hell we ever made it though - other than the shear comical nature of the film..............SO sick of these fake "best horror movie in a long time" reviews.
They saved a ton of money on this movie because there were only two actors, Aaron (Patrick Brice) and Joseph (Mark Duplass) (if you don't count the female voice on the other end of one of the phone calls).
So,Creep is the new found footage horror film which I just decided there to watch after getting up out of bed,I remember having seen a bit of it before and I strangely did not like it,but,I haft to say,Creep has become one of my favourites!
I watched this because of it's high ratings, it wasn't worth it in the least.For a movie that's supposed to be a horror/thriller there's no real tension, they try to build some up but the improvisational nature of the movie just derails it as none of the conversations are interesting and they rely on fake out jump scares to try and fill in for this.There's nothing new or clever in this, it doesn't execute the genre norms well and it does nothing to bring anything new to them either(there was one moment where I thought it might go somewhere interesting in that there was a chance to throw a curve-ball in who the creep was but no, it just charges head-long into predictability), the characters are uninteresting and I had no attachment to out wary and bored feeling protagonist.The initial premise is clichéd, the build up is dull and the pay-off is zero, don't bother at all..
I love that feeling when you go into a movie with zero expectations and within the first 5 minutes you are captivated and know you are watching something great.
this movie is pretty short, at 82mins, but there is so little that happens, that even that seems too long, the idea is that you see them have a nice day out and then there's a nice little end scene, could be done in twenty minutes, but it's dragged out, it's good enough story, just not enough to it, the park bench scene is brilliant, and i think thats what makes the film.don't expect a horror movie, but it's worth a watch and done pretty well considering such a lack of story.
Creep (2014)*** (out of 4) Aaron (Patrick Brice), a videographer, is broke but gets a job from a guy named Josef (Mark Duplass) who is dying of cancer and wants to make a diary for his unborn son.
Aaron and Josef are to spend eight hours together with Aaron videotaping everything but things take a strange turn.If you're going to watch CREEP then it's best that you don't know too much about the plot other than what I just gave you.
The next reason the film works so well is that it's actually pretty darn creepy and that's not something that's easy to do.Obviously you're walking into a horror movie so you know something bad is going to happen to where the suspense is going to come from.
I am a bit bioss when it comes to this "franchise" but i love this movie Mark Duplass gives a great performance and the twist at the end really surprised me..