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Creep 2 (2017) FM
When horror movie series progress, they tend to get wackier and more self-referential. That proves true of Patrick Bice and Mark Duplass’s Creep franchise. Creep 2 is markedly different in tone and substance from its predecessor. Where Creep was a scary and effective horror movie with elements of dark comedy, Creep 2 is a dark comedy with elements of horror.
Desiree Akhavan, an acclaimed writer-director in her own right, plays Sarah, a desperate aspiring filmmaker who answers an ad offering to pay one thousand dollars for a day of filming. Duplass’ creep makes Sara an offer she definitely should refuse: he won’t kill her for twenty-four hours so she can make the most realistic documentary about serial killing of all time. He’s offering her artistic mortality while still asserting his intention to murder her.
Duplass’ prolific serial killer thinks of himself as an auteur. He has strong ideas about framing and direction and is annoyed when Sara does not seem interested in them.
Creep 2 is a fascinating departure from the first film that’s not as tense as the original because it’s not a horror film but rather a post-modern dark comedy about a mass murderer who thinks of himself as an artiste of lethal cinema and a gutsy broad who isn’t going to take any of his shit.
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