CREEP
RATING: 7/10
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In the german-english production CREEP we are taken by the new
Scream-Queen Franka Potente to the London subway and shown its
monsters. The first scene in the movie shows us already, that we have
to deal with something evil: In nice dark pictures we see how two
workers from the canalisation get killed by something frightening that
makes weird sounds. Then we get the normal cut, like always in horror
movies, and we are introduced to the main character, played by Franka
Potente. Kate is her name, and she seems to work for some kind of
public relations agency. She tells her colleagues at a party that
she's going to a club tonight where George Clooney hangs around, and
that she wants to have sex with him.
To get to this club, she must use the subway though. Good for her,
that she's going to catch the last train. But while waiting on it, the
alcohol starts working, and so she takes a nap. After a short time she
wakes up and realizes that she is now caged into the subway since all
exits have been closed. But somehow suddenly another train arrives,
and so she jumps in. After some seconds of driving, a male colleague
shows up and wants to have sex with her right now. She doesn't, and
tries to pull him off. But he insists, but before he gets to rape her,
the train brakes, a door opens and the poor guy gets pulled out. The
screams of him from outside the train make it clear, that it may be
something unhuman that he's dealing with, and so Kate runs back to the
subway station by feet. In the station, after searching, she finds a
hidden room with a homeless couple in it.
Together with these guys, she tries to rescue her colleague and find
out who's responsible for pulling him out - there's going to flow a
lot of blood soon after...
The movie uses a lot of clichés, but they are placed very well and
work anyway. One of the good things about CREEP is the atmosphere, the
dark locations are already creepy. But they're not used to the maximum
and could've been even creepier. The music is pretty normal, nothing
exceptional, and supports the camerawork. Franka Potente - love her or
hate her - acts really well and is believable as the victim. The
monster is done pretty well, too, but when it finally appears on the
screen, it's almost shown too long. The pseudo-information about the
monster was unnecessary, though, and could've been left out, since it
makes not much sense. And sometimes there's a gag dropped in to allow
you to breathe for a moment.
So, the title delivers, and creep is what we get. Who can see over
those small mistakes in the movie will be entertained well. The people
in the screening that I was in did actually scream when the monster
appeared for the first time - and that is rare. I have never heard
somebody scream in a horror movie before!
Jakob Montrasio
http://www.mysan.de/
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