Creep 2 (2017)

“Sara loves her juicy fruit. And Aaron loves to kill.“

When the first Creep movie was released it wasn’t even on my radar until a friend recommended it. I’m glad they did, as it was pleasantly odd with a little bit of humor and some good scares. However, I never expected it would warrant a sequel. So I was a little skeptical on how Mark Duplass (The League, The Lazarus Effect) could make this work.

Luckily, Duplass and company pull off a pretty solid sequel. Sticking with the found footage style, this film manages to maintain a lot more cohesive storyline than its predecessor. The whole ‘documentary of a serial killer’ plot used here is a clever way to keep the story of Aaron going. It lacks in scares compared to the original Creep, except of course for the terrifying scene where Duplass goes full frontal for an uncomfortably and unnecessarily long time. It’s early in the film too. The tag line might as well have been ‘Hope you like balls’.

…but I digress.

Duplass makes a convincing creeper, and the setting in the woods helps take the creep factor up a notch. The ending left me a little disappointed, as it felt rushed and like the writers were trying too hard with twists and turns. Regardless, it was still a decent flick and I give it 3 out of 5.