Fantastic!

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Creep review " Creepy, Cunning yet fairly constant" (7/10)The movie starts in a comforting setting, confusing you as to what is to come. Settings are ideal throughout, to provide a real heir of tension. The music is catchy and rhythmic with a creepy undertone. The characters are well played and the movie benefits from a relatable location, with normality as a baseline. It cleverly builds tension with relationships emphasised at times, yet doesn't let you know enough about the main characters in my opinion. The film leaves space for a sequel with certain unanswered questions. The tension building whilst good, would benefit from additional special effects. In my mind, after the tension is cut, it is never truly reestablished. The scares become repetitive and predictable without any variation except precise location. Whilst you're encouraged to continue watching out of curiosity, this isn't out of fear. Darkness needs to adopt more forms to provide a more satisfying film. The plot is good though as it is well considered. It makes logical sense and is not overextended, with a fairly minimal film duration. With limited characters, and some considerable pauses between dramatic events, the film reaches a level and stays there. It would be great to see something more imaginative than the expected. That said worth a watch and a good movie with some level of uniqueness.

When cinema recounts the 'horror greats' it's unlikely that they'll ever mention 'Creep.' The reason being... it's nothing special. Yet, despite it's 'averageness' I really can't bring myself to hate it. In fact, I'm writing this review after my third viewing of it (or is it fourth?) so it must have something appealing about it! A woman – could be any attractive blonde leading lady – gets trapped on the London Underground for the night and ends up being stalked by the titular 'creep.' And that's about that. Expect running, screaming and generally chasing. I won't go into who or what the 'creep' is, as that's half the fun – I will say that it's never entirely written in stone as to what he is, leaving his origin partly up to the viewers' imagination.Like I say, nothing special, but not a bad 'slasher' film. It does have its flaws. As usual, you'll roll your eyes when the woman does get the upper hand over the creep and yet fails to 'finish him' as we all would when faced with a similar situation. Obviously, she'll often make decisions which will prolong the story, as opposed to doing the sensible thing. But, if you're into your horror movies, you'll be used to the leading lady doing all that and will accept it as simply the way horror films work. The other thing that's worth mentioning is that the leading lady isn't that nice. She's hardly your average 'scream queen.' She can be a complete b*tch when she wants to and it's hard to root for her sometimes. When you're feeling sympathy, it'll probably be for the secondary characters she encounters along the way, namely the 'junkies' who have made the Underground station their home.However, I can't remember the last horror-slasher film that was perfect. This one definitely isn't, but if you're in the mood for something pretty easy to watch and understand, plus with a few good gory moments and you can forgive the obligatory plot holes, then give it a go. It's not too long and won't waste much of your time if you don't enjoy it.

Writer / director Christopher Smiths' "Creep" doesn't exactly re-write the book when it comes to this sort of horror entertainment, but it's diverting enough for what it is. It benefits from the excellent atmosphere of its various settings & locations, and Smiths' pacing is quite good throughout. Commendably, the nature of the menace (as well as their appearance) is revealed just a bit at a time, and when it comes to motivation, Smith is content not to over explain things. The gore is enjoyable, what there is of it; apparently a truly uncut version of this is available overseas.Franka Potente of "Run, Lola, Run" fame stars as Kate, a young woman trapped in a subway station when she sleeps just long enough to miss a train. It doesn't take that long for her to realize that something is seriously wrong, when Guy (Jeremy Sheffield), a lecher at her place of employment, is attacked by someone or something. Kate makes the acquaintance of Jimmy (Paul Rattray) and Mandy (Kelly Scott) in her travels (and chases) through the London subway system.Horror fans should find enough here to keep themselves reasonably satisfied. "Creep" can compare fairly well to similarly themed genre fare such as "Deathline" (a.k.a. "Raw Meat") and "End of the Line" as well as a memorable sequence in "An American Werewolf in London". The acting is good from everybody concerned. Also in the cast are Vas Blackwood as George, Ken Campbell as Arthur, Joe Anderson as a male model, Morgan Jones as a night watchman, and Sean Harris as our antagonist who does indeed live up to the word creep. That inhuman shrieking is pretty damn unnerving.All in all, this kills time easily enough, even if it is ultimately too predictable in the end.Seven out of 10.

30 years after we embraced Donald Pleasence in Raw Meat, Christopher Smith gives us the best underground subway horror in 3 decades. This film was just terrific and we get the lead actress from Run Lola Run to run some more but this time from something slightly more insidious. We get a great little back story as well and a creature that is sure to " Creep " the hell out of you. Thank you Mr. Smith because you inspired a few more underground subway horror films in the decade to come most notably The End of the Line and the stupendous Stag Night. So get the popcorn ready, turn out the lights and get ready to be scared Old School Style.