{"id":9453,"date":"2024-11-22T22:05:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T04:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delirium.org\/?p=9453"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:17:34","slug":"creep-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/?p=9453","title":{"rendered":"Creep (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Shudder just started a new series called (I want to say) The Creep Tapes<\/em>, that I decided to take a look at, because why not. And then I learned it was based on a movie from ten years ago, called Creep<\/a>. The show was good enough for me to say (again), why not, and here we are.<\/p>\n

So this guy named Aaron has been hired via Craigslist by this guy named Josef, for the princely sum of one thousand dollars, to be his videographer for a day. Josef explains that he is dying of an inoperable brain tumor, and has an unborn or very young child[1] that he wants to leave a remembrance for. And that’s it, that’s the whole set up.<\/p>\n

The only thing worth knowing from here forward is that Josef is incredibly awkward. His sense of humor is almost but not quite mean-spirited, his sense of boundaries is non-existent, he gets way too emotional with a complete stranger way too fast… it’s more or less one of those embarrassment \/ shame \/ The Office (British) style of scenarios.<\/p>\n

….or is it?<\/p>\n

I have a feeling this is more worth watching if you’re not spoiled, and I also have a feeling that the TV show might actually be better than the movie in some ways, mostly relating to improvement via shortened run time. All that to say: both are pretty good, if you’re okay with the premise.<\/p>\n

[1] I forget, for the justifiable reason that these are the only two characters in the movie. Hmmm. I guess there are two and a half, but the half also isn’t the aforementioned child, so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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