The Creep Tapes

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The Creep Tapes
Genre Found footage, Horror
Written byPatrick Brice, Mark Duplass
Directed byPatrick Brice
StarringMark Duplass
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Producers Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice
Cinematography Patrick Brice
Production companiesDuplass Brothers Productions, Shudder
Original release
Network Shudder, AMC+
ReleaseNovember 15, 2024 (2024-11-15)

The Creep Tapes is an American found footage horror television series created and directed by Patrick Brice, and co-written by Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass. It is the third installment of the Creep franchise. It premiered on the streaming services Shudder and AMC+ on November 15, 2024.

Contents

Plot

The series takes a look at six different tapes of "Peachfuzz" and his previous victims.

Cast

Main

Special guest stars

Production

Development of a television series based on Creep was announced as soon as principal photography on the series had wrapped in June 2024. [2] Mark Duplass was confirmed to be reprising his role as the nameless killer. [2] Patrick Brice, the director of Creep (2014) and Creep 2 (2017), was announced to return as director and a co-writer alongside Mark Duplass. [3] [4] It was also announced that the season would consist of six half-hour episodes. [3]

Release

The first three episodes were shown at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2024. The series premiered on Shudder and AMC+ on November 15, 2024, with a two-episode premiere. [3]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byOriginal release dateProd.
code
1"Mike"Patrick BriceNovember 15, 2024 (2024-11-15)TBA
A filmmaker, Mike, has been hired to film an acting school application video for an aspiring actor who calls himself Jeff Daniels (Mark Duplass). He is instructed to travel to a remote cabin in the woods, where he is to begin filming immediately. Mike follows these directions but when he tries to leave, Jeff convinces Mike to stay and film an additional scene for extra money. When this is done Mike discovers that recent snowfall has made the roads unsafe for travel, so he is forced to remain at Jeff's cabin. Jeff offers to pay Mike to create a short film, where the premise is that Jeff will chase Mike around with a rubber axe. Mike soon realizes that Jeff intends to kill him for real and tries to flee, but is struck down by Jeff.
2"Elliot"Patrick BriceNovember 15, 2024 (2024-11-15)TBA
Elliot is an avid birdwatcher who has traveled to a remote location in search of a specific bird. Soon after he arrives he meets a man (Mark Duplass) who claims that he has been hurt in a skydiving accident. The man convinces Elliot to film his predicament so the skydiver can sue the skydiving company. The two men begin to discuss birding, at which point the skydiver mentions that he has seen Elliot's desired birds at a location further down the road. The two travel to the location, during which time the skydiver asks Elliot why he likes birding. Elliot states that he enjoys stalking the birds and watching them before they are aware of his presence. He also mentions that he enjoys filming them so he can re-watch the process over and over. The skydiver asks if Elliot has ever baited the birds into doing what he wants, which Elliot denies despite evidence to the contrary. Elliot manages to see his desired bird, after which he is suffocated by the skydiver.
3"Jeremy"Patrick BriceNovember 22, 2024 (2024-11-22)TBA
4"Brad"Patrick BriceNovember 29, 2024 (2024-11-29)TBA
5"Brandt"Patrick BriceDecember 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)TBA
6"Mom (and Albert)"Patrick BriceDecember 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)TBA

Reception

The Creep Tapes holds a critic rating of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 reviews, with a non-critic score of 81%. [5] Jarrod Jones of AV Club wrote a favorable review for The Creep Tapes, noting that while the show had some flaws, "At its best, The Creep Tapes transcends its content-mill trappings and becomes something approaching a work of art." [6] Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting rated the show 4/5 skulls, calling it a "welcome expansion of the films. It’s not a reinvention of the format, but rather a fun experiment that explores more dark corners and impulses of a disturbed individual." [7]

Variety 's Aramide Tinubu reviewed the first two episodes, stating that the series thus acted "more as a disjointed vanity project than a horror story spotlighting a homicidal maniac’s bloodlust." [8] Kaiya Shunyata of RogerEbert.com was also critical, rating it at 2/4 stars and noting that the first two episodes felt like a rehashing of the first two films. [9]

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