Intending to get their revenge against the online weirdos lurking undetected, four friends try to expose a hardened pervert, but when their plan falls short of expectations, will they live t... Read allIntending to get their revenge against the online weirdos lurking undetected, four friends try to expose a hardened pervert, but when their plan falls short of expectations, will they live to breathe another day?Intending to get their revenge against the online weirdos lurking undetected, four friends try to expose a hardened pervert, but when their plan falls short of expectations, will they live to breathe another day?
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- TriviaJerry Tobin (Darryl Baldwin) doesn't have a single line of dialogue throughout the entire movie. This is in homage to such grindhouse classics as "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th" where the antagonist characters in those films didn't have a single line of dialogue either.
- GoofsWe see Tobin hanging Erica from a tree and whipping her back with tow rope. But later (the same day) when bikini-clad Erica approaches him with false friendliness, her back is clearly visible and perfectly unharmed, without any red lines.
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Cally: I never realised abusing a fool would be so much fun!
Heather: Of course it is! He is our outlet! Besides, it's not like he is a real person. People like him are like animals. They just drift on the outskirts of society, kept at bay, they merely exist for our amusement! Our clothing, our feeding!
Then we go a year back. A couple of girls who think highly of themselves decide they've had it with creepy guys online. Now they are going to turn the tables and not be victims anymore, but instead victimize men.
They do find a creepy-looking guy online desperate for some attention and affection. They incite the guy to do all sorts of humiliating things. Initially it's mild stuff but it start getting stronger and stronger till they guy is basically willing to do anything they ask of him. The girls record all this and post online. Finally two of the girls decide to take it to the limit and kill this guy. They meet him somewhere then attack and ultimately hang him.
The authorities start looking for him and we learn that he is a veteran with mental issues. Of course he just didn't die that easily. He will have his revenge. Now he grabs the girls one by one.
That takes us back to the beginning where he throws all these girl out somewhere in the country and terrorizes them. Initially only psychologically but the girls too will put up a fight so things get more physical. Even SWAT and camouflaged warriors show up to grab the guy. Now it becomes an issue of survival for all involved and it does get gory near the end.
Creeper is a low budget horror movie that makes up for its deficiencies with lots of enthusiasm, nudity, violence...basically all those things that make for a great horror movie. Sure, acting isn't going to be a strength here, nor is the gore entirely satisfying but the director found a very interesting way to make things gory without actually showing a whole lot of gore. The crew was also aware of its limitations, something unusual for low budget movies. So instead of giving us the obligatory ugly-looking climax at night, we get a movie that is filmed entirely in daylight and a lot of it outdoors. I always thought that horror during the day is more effective than the usual horror at night and in the rain. Fortunately this movie doesn't confine us, like so many low and not-so-low budget movies do, to a room or a house but as mentioned gives us plenty of outdoor scenery.
The concept is also pretty original with a male/female role reversal putting a huge guy in the role of a damsel in distress and making him then become the avenger as opposed to the virgin girl. The first 30 minutes or so are somewhat tedious as all we get to see is the girls giggling and laughing as they abuse the guy. It is effective though in getting you to dislike the girls. There's almost a parallel here with the porn industry were a handful of guys pay girls to debase themselves progressively more and more.
Things improve once the creeper starts his revenge which has some very witty aspects to it since at first he's more intent on psychologically torturing the girls. There are several shout-outs to famous horror movies. For some reason this was filmed with a grainy/scratchy filter which wasn't really necessary.
Creeper seems to be a polarizing film, some enjoyed it, some hated it. There's truth to both sides. But I'm among those who enjoyed this movie a great deal. The crew really did a lot with very little. Kudos to the cast who seem to be good sports. The girls are all lovely and easy on the eyes.
- TdSmth5
- Dec 11, 2016
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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