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.

Kate, the central character in 'Creep' reminds me a little of Naomi Watts' character in 'The Ring (2002)', in that she is so brash and mean-spirited it is difficult to warm to her. She not only declines a polite plea from a homeless man for some change, but patronises him too, and seems pleased with her spite. Possibly this is to highlight the irony of being mistaken for a vagrant herself, bloodied and filthy as she is by the film's end.The plot? Horrible bloke kills people by a train-line. It's something that has been attempted similarly countless times over. And yet I absolutely love this. It is laced with good characters (often more likable than the heroine) and given some really nice touches – and that is before we've even met the wrecked, unsightly killer.It is a little unclear as to what exactly 'Craig' is, although there are plenty of partial clues. Is he a survived abortion, the result of an illegal experiment, or something else? The specifics don't really matter because he is a powerful character in his own right, often due to the ticks and painful movements Sean Harris brings to the part. He glances at a selection of pickled foetuses in the abandoned medical facility where he lives, and hears the sound of babies crying in his mind. Equally, in one of the most effective scenes, he straps homeless victim Mandy (Kelly Scott) to a delivery chair and goes through the motions of a surgeon before disembowelling her. It's all grim and extremely effective.As with many things, there are logical shadows cast over this – Craig has been alive a long time and presumably these are not the first people he's killed. He shows no intention of covering his tracks, so why hasn't he been apprehended by now? Also, Kate has the advantage over him on two separate occasions before she finally kills him. Filmed in brash, early morning tones – all sickly yellows and blues, it's a persuasively shocking production, but at least Craig's eventual demise seems permanent. A shame, actually – a sequel would have been welcome.

London Underground has so many old passageways and forgotten station no-one really knows exactly what is down there. What an excellent idea to make it into a horror movie.Now British movies suck usually by being too serious and the overuse of the 'f' word an this is no exception. I didn't find this fun to watch but I did find it interesting as it was shot entirely on location as the history of London Underground and its secrets are a passion of mine.The setting is kind of dull and so is the dialog. I am only giving this 10/10 because it is the best British horror movie I've ever seen, it is certainly not up there with the best movies ever.

I want to like CREEP; it's my kind of film. A, well, 'creepy' horror film set on and around the London Underground, with a pared-down story, sinister villain and a resourceful heroine fighting against the odds. And yet, by the end, it's turned out to be a disappointing experience, and the reason for that is that it's oh so painfully predictable.Christopher Smith is definitely a better director than he is writer; case in point, I can't fault his direction, which is adequate by genre standards, but what I can fault is his staid waiting. After a mildly atmospheric set up, this turns into the usual dull cat-and-mouse game between heroine and killer, with extraneous characters being messily murdered (and worse) and even a bit of torture porn thrown in to sicken viewers. It's all very familiar and, unfortunately, not at all frightening.It doesn't help that the bad guy is a bit lame, despite the sterling efforts of the ever-menacing Sean Harris. He looks exactly like Smeagol at the opening of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING, part-way towards becoming Gollum when he was still played by Andy Serkis in extensive makeup. He's a bit of a weirdo, a tragic figure more than anything else. Franka Potente's tough heroine is better, but the supporting actors are wasted (particularly the excellent Ken Campbell, whose skills would have enlivened this greatly).It's worth remembering that this was done before – and much better – in the superior 1970s Brit chiller DEATH LINE, starring Donald Pleasence. What an engaging, atmospheric and, yes, terrifying movie that was! Sadly, despite its interesting setting, Creep is lacklustre by comparison.