Creep : DVD / Netflix Review on Web Wombat Entertainment

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By Lisa Dib
I was reticent to watch Creep, because the Netflix description said “foundfootage”. There was a slew of found footage films thatruined the genre for me and I realised thatthe medium was doing more harm than goodto its films. Thankfully, this isn’tthe case for Creep which, as you might expect is unsettling and creepy as hell.
A youngfreelancer, Aaron (Patrick Brice , director and co-writer of the film), respondsto an ad on Craigslist. A man, Josef (Mark Duplass , co-writer and producer), needs someone to film him for a day, and the money is too goodto resist, despite the oddly-worded ad and secluded address. At only 82 minutes, Creep wastes no time introducingyou to the two, and only two, people you will be watching; immediately, Josef is off-putting. Despite his story,thingsget immediately weird and slowly get weirder. In the one day Aaron is filming Josef, we can see thatsomething is super wrong, butit’s notclear what it is, until the end, of course.
One difference between Creep and other found footage films is simply the quality of the filming. It allows for long, sustainedshotsto better wrap you in its horror. You and I both know how annoying and distractingit is to be watching a FF film where the camera is constantlyblurringand shaking, unfocusedand staggered. Aaron is a professional videographer, so, despite needing to stick to the found footage conceit thateverything must be filmed, it is filmed well (often he places the camera downfor both a wide and stationary shot- joy!) and clearly. There’s nothingparticularly paranormal or gory in Creep, butit is a psychological nightmare nonetheless.
Duplass’ Josef is, as mentioned, an unsettling man from his first introduction.He begins with oddness- quirkiness, if you will- thateventually turns into what I can only assume is some sortof psychological or sociopathic manifest. There are a few questionsthatyou might have by the end (questions thatI cannot ask here without quickly spoiling the film for you, butI wager you and I would have the same queries) butthey are such small wonderings thatthey won’t take away from the terror. Trust me, you’ll be too on edge to be thinkingaboutthe little things.