Runtime: 80 minutes
Directed by: Patrick Brice
Starring: Mark Duplass, Desiree Akhavan, Karan Soni
From: Netflix
In a review posted earlier than usual due to my schedule, I finally saw Creep 2 after experiencing the first film in late 2015; that was a fine found footage film where a videographer answers a Craigslist ad to videotape someone who proves not only to be a stage 5 clinger and very weird, but also extremely dangerous.
The sequel thankfully isn’t a carbon copy although there are obvious similarities. Another Craigslist post brings a possible victim to this psychopath; this time it is a lady YouTuber who covers the outcasts and peculiar people of society that post online ads; this includes someone w/ the disorder clinically classified as “paraphilic infantilism.” This is why she doesn’t believe him when he regales her with his real-life crimes. There is more bizarre behavior-including him going Full Monty to “break the tension” and the rather unique idea that he’s going through a mid-life crises.
The new ideas they present here are hit or miss although at least more is learned about the villain as played memorably by Mark Duplass. If you liked the first yet are in the boat I was in until last night, you will probably feel the same about its sequel. I did see somewhere that star Duplass and director Patrick Brice hope to one day make a third movie; hopefully that doesn’t fall under the curse of the 3rd film in many franchises being a creative flop and there are enough interesting ideas to make that worthwhile even if found footage has lost its popularity.
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