Kate (Franka Potente) finds herself, in the middle of the night, inside the London metrolight train station, waiting for the last train. Returning from a party, the girl -under the influence of alcohol- ends up dozing off as the station slowly empties.
When he wakes up, he realizes that he has missed the last train and anxiously learns that the subway is closed overnight...
Suddenly, the arrival of a new vehicle appears like a miracle: Kate immediately boards the train only to experience, shortly afterward, severe dismay...
A sudden stop inside a tunnel and an electrical blackout is only the first of a shock that slightly anticipates the sudden appearance of her beau, intent on raping her.
The man is attacked by someone-looking indecipherable-and horribly injured, giving Kate a chance to escape away from the vehicle...
Imprisoned in the station, Kate makes the acquaintance of a couple of tramps, regular residents of the place and begins, along with them, to investigate the mysterious presence in the subway's meanders....
Creep is an undeclared remake of a 1972 film (Don't Take That Subway directed by Gary Sherman)...
The original film was steeped in "social" and political meanings: something this reinterpretation is stripped of, shaping itself as a product of pure entertainment.
And, at the end of it all, in this respect the film does not disappoint: being stylishly shot and offering some decidedly successful special effects.
What is most perplexing is the lack of an elucidating incipt (or lock): an obvious consequence of a limitation due to the budget itself, as is clear from the storyboards included in the special contents (on the beginning and/or alternative ending)... and from the very length of the film, which barely reaches 80 minutes.
A good performance by Franka Potente, already glimpsed in Anatomy (directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky), capable of giving the final product a result certainly close to sufficiency.
Review by undying1
