Director: Patrick
Brice
Notable Cast: Mark
Duplass, Desiree Akhavan, Karan Soni, Patrick Brice, Caveh Zahedi, Kyle Field,
Jeff Man
Creep was one of
those films that seemingly came out of nowhere, surprised the hell out of
everyone that saw it, and created its own cult status through its ingenuity and
impressive execution. It was also a film that, by the end, told the story it
wanted to tell. Its strength was in its ability to ride a line where the
audience didn’t know what was going to happen and who Duplass’ character really
was, so when that is all covered by the end, the story was done. This is what
made Creep 2 a wild card film. Sure,
the first one was a low-key success and it received wide spread critical acclaim,
but how do you pull out a sequel when the main contributing factor to the
predecessor’s strength was its surprise?
You do it just like Creep
2 does it. It acknowledges that the audience is aware of the circumstances
of the first film, continues to use its sense of unease and another stellar
performance from Duplass as an anchor, and then spins those things back into
creating that same sense of unease where viewers still don’t know how it’s going to end. Like the first one, it’s
rather brilliant.
