WRITTEN BY JOSEPH TRONICEK
In the middle of Patrick Brice’s Creep 2, Mark Duplass’s character Aaron (the name of the videographer in the first movie) arrives at a stream that he was going to use in his plan. On discovering that the creek is all dried up he flies into a temper tantrum. It’s hilarious. That’s not a word that could be used to describe the first film also directed by Patrick Brice.That film was a terrifying look at a serial killer that used it’s single-camera production to break the barrier between the audience and the danger. Creep 2 works on much of the same level, but more on a contrasting level. While the first film was a horror film where we didn’t know who was in control, the second film pulls a bold move and places all the control in the audience's hands. From the start, Mark Duplass’s character tells the main character( a smart reflection of the audience who films weird meeting for a Youtube show) that he is, in fact, a serial killer and that he has lost his passion. This provides an extensive base for building off what made the first film scary, except now it’s funny… and sort of sad. Anything that Aaron throws at the videographer, she’s willing to go along with. This creates a far different mood. Fifteen minutes into the film Mark Duplass literally bears it all, and the main character does it right back. Catharsis is derived from reducing a terrifying person to something rather pathetic. One would suggest seeing the first movie before seeing this one, and those who are expecting more of Mark Duplass acting weird might find this disappointing, but the fact is this is a film that is confident enough is its actors and it’s filmmaking that it doesn’t need those. It’s one hell of a sequel that subverts and builds on top of what the first one set out to accomplish, and that’s all you can really hope for. I’ll give Creep 2 an 8 out of 10
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