# Creep - Excellent scary movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713 "2015-07-20T19:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/21 "2015-07-28T13:17:27Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > I don’t know, I was expecting something more… unexpected. A twist, or just something _weird_. Instead the ending happened pretty much exactly the way it had been set up to happen, and I was just left thinking, “that’s it?”. This was exactly my reaction as well. > [@](#): > > For a minute I thought the videographer would turn out to be the actual creep, when he drugged the other guy and pickpocketed his cell phone, but no. Me too! ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/22 "2015-07-28T13:18:43Z")
What is a good scary movie with zero jump scares? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/23 "2015-07-28T13:19:44Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Another slow-moving but tension-filled horror movie I’ve really liked lately was “The Babadook.” Also on Netflix Streaming. I watched the Babadook, and the Babadook was scary, but the whining kid and stupid mom were really annoying, so I didn’t enjoy it as much. I was kind of actively rooting for the Babadook to eat the mom, at the very least. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/24 "2015-07-28T13:22:05Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I took that as the point. Who _is_ the creep, really? It’s left for the viewer to decide. When our hero calls the cops, > > Why didn’t he take all of the evidence, like any normal person would have? Why not go immediately? Why did he drug the food? How did he just happen to have drugs with him? > > That’s really why I liked it. Well… [spoiler]It was Benadryl from the killer’s own medicine cabinet. I have to say I don’t think the kind of subtext you’re talking about is actually there. I think not taking the evidence and not going immediately are just typical of people being not-so-smart in scary movies.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/25 "2015-07-28T13:23:40Z")
> [@alted315](#): > > I don’t know if you are posting about Netflix DVD or streaming, but this movie is not available on streaming. I was really disappointed because it sounds like a movie that’s right up my alley. It’s streaming in the US, at least where I am. I’ve seen cases before where I couldn’t find a movie on streaming for some reason but others could provide me a direct link to it. Does this work? > **[Watch Creep | Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/70306646?tctx=0%252C0%252C9cb1afda-9479-474f-923a-f53643f0c36a-18294869&trackId=13752289)** > > When a cash-strapped videographer takes a job in a remote mountain town, he finds that the client has some unsettling ideas in mind. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/26 "2015-07-28T13:28:18Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > If looking for recommendations, current movies I’ve seen recently via Netflix DVD that I quite liked: > > [As Above, So Below](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2870612/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Horror) > An expedition into the catacombs underneath Paris starts off badly and does downhill from there. I _loved_ this movie, though I can’t say it’s an objectively great movie. (A good one, for sure.) > > [Honeymoon](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3177316/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Horror) > Never spend your honeymoon in an isolated cabin in the woods with nobody else around. Just so wrong. > > [Time Lapse](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2669336/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Thriller, sci-fi) > Very cool suspense about three friends who discover a camera that takes pictures 24 hours into the future. The implications are obvious at first but become more subtle as things progress. > > [Extraterrestrial](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2960930/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Horror, sci-fi) > Low-budget movie about the classic Grey aliens. The filmmakers totally went for it, and I thought it came together nicely. My judgement may be clouded because I’m a sucker for commentary tracks, and the commentary for this was engaging and fun. > > Also [Oculus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2388715/?ref_=nv_sr_1), but that’s kind of old, released way back in 2013. (heh) If you haven’t seen it, I’d recommend it ahead of everything else in this list. I’ve seen _Oculus_ and it is indeed very good. The others I have read about and for one reason or another thought they sounded cheesy. But your recommendation is enough for me to give them a try, starting with AASB. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/27 "2015-07-28T20:42:42Z")
Thanks for the suggestion. My son and I watched this last night. I liked this one better than most of the horror I’ve watched this year, excluding The Signal. I’m now going to work my way down **Ellis Dee’s** list. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/28 "2015-07-28T20:48:41Z")
I loved both Oculus and The Babadook. The latter is already in my collection. As far as my sidetrack question goes… anyone seen **Lake Mungo**? I have it recorded but haven’t watched it, and most of the buzz on the IMDb boards seems to think it’s another underrated classic. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/29 "2015-07-28T21:53:12Z")
For comparison on tastes, I enjoyed The Babadook and The Signal, but both just barely missed my cutoff point for “enjoyed it enough to recommend.” My attention started to wander a bit during both of them, but I still gave them both a solid 3 out of 5 stars on Netflix. (3 = “I liked it”) Looking forward to Creep, but it’s not yet available on Netflix DVD. EDIT: Movies I recently saw and did NOT like: ABC’s of Death (hated; turned it off halfway through), The Pyramid (kind of liked it but it’s terrible) and Violet & Daisy (just barely watchable through the end despite loving all three leads in other things.) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/30 "2015-07-29T01:14:57Z")
Did not like it at all and gave it 2 stars on netflix. Full of crappy jump scares and a predictable plot combined with a dumb victim. Why didn’t he take the videos to the police? Really not a good movie at all. ---
**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/31 "2015-07-29T02:22:17Z")
I saw this last night, and I didn’t like it. I tend to find Mark Duplass and his creative efforts to be annoying and, well, stupid. My attitude toward the guy is at least partially just a matter of personal taste rather than pure objective assessment, and he (and the way he is overrated by the few reviewers whom I’ve seen mention him) bothers me enough that I can’t get a grasp on how much of my dislike is aesthetically justified. However, The One I Love, which he did with Elizabeth Moss, was smart, subtle, well-acted and had a nifty plot that also had something meaningful to say about the human condition. And it was a horror movie several calibers above Creep, IMO (although the dialogue suffered at points). ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/32 "2015-07-30T15:45:40Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > I loved both Oculus and The Babadook. The latter is already in my collection. As far as my sidetrack question goes… anyone seen **Lake Mungo**? I have it recorded but haven’t watched it, and most of the buzz on the IMDb boards seems to think it’s another underrated classic. I think “underrated classic” is a very apt description for _Lake Mungo._ It also seems to be a love it or hate it type of thing; I loved it. Keep in mind it’s very slow moving and not a lot “happens” for the majority of the film, but the payoff . . . definitely worth it. Big time. IIRC the sound quality isn’t great and the cast is Australian so if you have a hard time with accents or with hearing in general you might want to watch with cc on. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/33 "2015-08-01T04:18:21Z")
I watched this tonight. I enjoyed it, although I wonder how many more “found footage” films can be made. That being said, I think this one was done pretty well. I also wouldn’t really label it as comedy. I’m a big fan of dark comedy but I didn’t really get much of a comedy feel from it. I’ll watch most anything that either of the Duplass brothers are involved in. Everything they do may not be great, but at least it’s usually interesting. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/34 "2015-08-02T23:31:00Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I watched the Babadook, and the Babadook was scary, but the whining kid and stupid mom were really annoying, so I didn’t enjoy it as much. I was kind of actively rooting for the Babadook to eat the mom, at the very least. Man, five minutes into this movie and I was rooting for the kid to die. I don’t know if we were supposed to hate him and sympathize with the mom, but I just wanted her to beat him senseless. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/35 "2015-08-03T03:51:10Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Man, five minutes into this movie and I was rooting for the kid to die. I don’t know if we were supposed to hate him and sympathize with the mom, but I just wanted her to beat him senseless. It is intentional and integral to the story that the kid is annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/36 "2015-08-03T03:52:59Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I watched the Babadook, and the Babadook was scary, but the whining kid and stupid mom were really annoying, so I didn’t enjoy it as much. I was kind of actively rooting for the Babadook to eat the mom, at the very least. Just want to make sure it’s clear that the mom was the babadook. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/37 "2015-10-13T20:27:50Z")
Just watched “Creep” last night and checked the closet for Peachfuzz. (shudders) Anything supernatural puts me to sleep. This was a great new twist on found footage films and craigslist jobs. Best to check out the address online before you go:D Only thing I didn’t like was: When Aaron calls the cops, he really doesn’t tell them as much as he should have. I would’ve drove straight to the police, tell them about filming him, showed them the video and said he attacked me. And to Babdook fans: No, the mother is not the Babadook, it is an allegory of denial. Since mom and son have never even discussed the death of his father the night he was born, the babadook appears. Since that can never come to fruition, the Babadook stays with you. He’s there to remind you of guilt. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713/38 "2015-10-13T23:00:45Z")
I watched Creep over the weekend and really enjoyed it. Would definitely recommend it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-excellent-scary-movie/725713.md?page=1)