Kate is supposed take the subway late one night after a party, but falls asleep while waiting for the train. When she wakes up, she realizes that she's alone in the London underground and it seems that she's locked in there as well. Soon after, a new train arrives and she boards it, but after just riding it for a very short period of time, the train stops and the light goes out. On the train she meets a guy from work who tries to rape her, but he's suddenly pulled out from the train and the next time she sees him, he's a bloody mess. Kate then realizes that she's not alone in the underground and that there's someone after her, and she has to try and make it out of there before it's too late.
I think I read too much about this movie before actually watching it myself, a common mistake that has happened before and that'll probably happen again. The big problem this time was that people kept saying how creepy and scary the movie was, so you were kind of expecting it to be something more than your average horror experience. I can't say that it was not creepy, it sure is at times, but I was expecting to be scared good and unfortunately that never really happened. Although, the movie sure delivers a few decent scares and has a lot going for it on the horror front. I guess I was just expecting too much, so take that in advise if you haven't seen it yet, but plan to watch it in the near future.
It's a very simple story, but it doesn't need more to it and is kinda effective as it is. This German girl Kate falls asleep in the underground, wakes up to see that she's the only one left down there and later realizes that someone's out to get her. There's no real backstory or anything, but it's not needed, and 98% of the story takes place in the London underground and is kinda all in all a long chase. Kate of course tries to make it out of the underground and on her way she hooks up with a homeless guy, who actually is the only likable character in the movie.
 
So they know that someone's after them and after some time they find out who, or what that is. About 45 minutes into the movie, the creep is revealed and he sure looks kinda creepy. After that you get to see a lot of the creep throughout the movie. My first thoughts on this was that I thought it was bad to get to see, in too much detail, who was after Kate since that means all the mystery surrounding the thing in the underground was gone. But that was not the case, as later I thought it was great that you got to follow the creep and actually got to see as much of him as the movie let you to. It gave everything a whole different feeling than if he would've been "hidden" till the end.
I have no idea about what kind of budget this Brit horror flick had to it and I would guess it was not that high, but I must say that it looks really good. The movie is fast-paced at all times, so at least you won't fall asleep watching it. Creep has some genuinely scary moments, but I think they could've done more with that as it never gets really scary or as intense as it could've been. Don't get me wrong, it's intense at times and delivers a few pretty good scares, but I guess I was expecting a bit too much, as said before.
The acting is ok for most parts and some are a bit less than ok but it's still totally watchable for what it is. Another thing that came to mind was that how similar the creep looked to the "monsters" in the other newer Brit horror The Descent. Although that doesn't mean anything.
Creep is a fast-paced well made Brit horror flick, that has a lot going for it. And while it sure was good and entertaining, it was not as scary as one first had hoped for, but that is still definitely worth a look.
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MOVIE YEAR: 2004
DIRECTOR: Jane Linfoot, Christopher Smith
WRITING CREDITS: Christopher Smith
GENRE: Horror
CAST: Franka Potente, Vas Blackwood, Sean Harris
COUNTRY: UK, Germany
RUNTIME: 85 min
RATING: 7/10
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