Creep – originally titled Peachfuzz – is a 2014 Blumhouse Productions found footage horror comedy film directed by Patrick Brice, based on a script written by Brice and Mark Duplass (The Lazarus Effect). The movie, which is Brice’s directorial debut, had its world premiere on March 8, 2014 at South by Southwest.
The film will be released on iTunes on June 23, 2015 prior the Netflix release. There are plans for more than one sequel.
Plot teaser:
Aaron (Patrick Brice) is an optimistic videographer that decides to work for Josef (Mark Duplass) after answering his ad on Craigslist. All Aaron has to do is record Josef throughout the day and remain discreet about the entire set-up. Josef tells Aaron that he’ll be recording a series of videos for his unborn son, as he’s suffering from a terminal illness and will never be able to see him grow up. While Josef seems strange, the money is too good for Aaron to pass up and he agrees to the task. However as the day progresses Josef becomes increasingly strange and Aaron finds it difficult to tell whether or not some of the things Josef is saying or doing are truly jokes or actually a sign of true danger and mental instability…
Reviews:
“I would hope that none of us have experienced a turn of events that even remotely resembles what begins to happen in Creep around the halfway point (and keeps getting worse from there). That’s when the film’s tone effortlessly slides into something truly menacing. Duplass and Brice are excellent throughout, but they really elevate Creep to greatness levels with the work they do here.” Evan Dickson, Bloody Disgusting
“Knowing and funny without straining to be clever, the found-footage-style pic works better than the Duplass Brothers’ 2008 Baghead, with which it has some elements in common, and has stronger chances with indie-friendly genre fans.” John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
“Creep is a tiny movie whose uniqueness feels positively seismic. If there’s one thing Creep has, it’s an abundance of personality, and that cannot be understated. If producer Jason Blum made the found footage horror movie commonplace in the multiplex, then this is a thankful return to art house strangeness and announces, in Brice, a bold new voice in the horror genre; he’s scary good.” Drew Taylor, Indiewire
