Creepy

Name: Creepy
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: October 21, 2016
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 76

2016

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Kimstim Films | Release Date: October 21, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: A year after a botched hostage negotiation with a serial killer turned deadly, ex-detective Koichi (Hidetoshi Nishijima), and his wife move into a new house with a deeply strange new neighbor (Teruyuki Kagawa). His old cop colleagues come calling for his help on a mysterious case, which may be related to the strange goings-on next door, inA year after a botched hostage negotiation with a serial killer turned deadly, ex-detective Koichi (Hidetoshi Nishijima), and his wife move into a new house with a deeply strange new neighbor (Teruyuki Kagawa). His old cop colleagues come calling for his help on a mysterious case, which may be related to the strange goings-on next door, in this insidiously-constructed narrative that braids plot twists on top of plot twists and shock on top of shock.… Expand

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 130 min

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Rob Staeger

Oct 18, 2016

What's the opposite of a jump scare? Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has mastered it in the superb Creepy, revealing the upsetting details with such slow-build subtlety that you don't notice your skin crawling until it's halfway out the door. Read full review

Maggie Lee

Oct 18, 2016

The film supplies a headlong rush of tension and cruelty all the way to a gratifying final payoff. Read full review

Jonathan Romney

Oct 18, 2016

When the film shifts into territory less Hitchcockian than Lynchian – with a touch of Park Chan-wook’s Asian Gothic – the quiet confidence of Kurosawa’s approach has paid off, allowing him to vault into this more intense register. It’s not all just ghoulish fun, though: there’s a serious subtext here involving everyday evil. Read full review

Noel Murray

Oct 20, 2016

Creepy uses silence as a tool of terror, following its characters through long, tense scenes where everything’s a little too quiet, and where each creak sounds like a scream. The director has always excelled at making the ordinary seem unsettling. Read full review

IndieWire Michael Nordine

Aug 3, 2017

Creepy is both a return home and a return to form. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Nov 10, 2016

As a character, Yasuko feels a bit underdeveloped, resulting in a late-film character turn that I didn’t quite buy, but every narrative issue in Creepy is overwhelmed by the quality of the filmmaking. Read full review

Patrick Gamble

Oct 18, 2016

Uneven, convoluted and laden with far too many twists and turns Creepy sadly struggles to balance both terror and suspense, with any intrigue dissipating long before the film's secrets are eventually unravelled. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Jun 2, 2022

Not often you get to see a plot where one of the main characters deceives himself in such an obvious way without even knowing it.

Creepy deals with the story of a murderer/imposter, who happens to be the neighbor of the lead couple. As viewers we clearly have the added insight of knowingNot often you get to see a plot where one of the main characters deceives himself in such an obvious way without even knowing it.

Creepy deals with the story of a murderer/imposter, who happens to be the neighbor of the lead couple. As viewers we clearly have the added insight of knowing that there's something strange about that neighbor, though perhaps as normal people we wouldn't be comfortable believing that our neighbor is a dangerous person, however, Hidetoshi Nishijima's character is a serial killer profiler and he simply cannot see the danger until it's already too late.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's thriller has several plot issues, but he manages to keep the tension going even when there are really no surprises in it.
The script certainly doesn't allow for much exploration for the characters, but the performances are very good and are also part of what keeps the mystery developing enough to keep you completely interested to see where it's going and more importantly, how it will end.

Creepy uses the overused next door maniac trope, but manages to give it identity and more thrust than anything else.
Not everything feels right and its ending isn't really fulfilling. Let's just say that the door to immeasurable evil was opened, but its director preferred not to delve into it, choosing to keep the emphasis on his lead couple rather than his monster. Nevertheless, the thriller is quite good.… Expand

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joelmpa

Apr 7, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While the first half engrossingly lives up to its name, the second half would more aptly be titled Idiotic. Characters act in ways that defy motivation or logic, lacking credulity way beyond the usual horror film tropes. And the film isn’t even true to its own conceit: (spoiler) that the villain never kills his victims himself. Apparently the director forgot to cut the scene where the villain does just that.… Expand

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