| The Creep Tapes | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Found footage, Horror |
| Written by | Patrick Brice, Mark Duplass |
| Directed by | Patrick Brice |
| Starring | Mark Duplass |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice |
| Cinematography | Patrick Brice |
| Running time | 24-27 minutes |
| Production companies | Duplass Brothers Productions, Shudder |
| Original release | |
| Network | Shudder, AMC+ |
| Release | November 15, 2024 – present |
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.
In February 2025, the series was renewed for a second season. [1]
The series takes a look at six different tapes of "Peachfuzz" and his previous victims.
Development of a television series based on Creep was announced as soon as principal photography on the series had wrapped in June 2024. [3] Mark Duplass was confirmed to be reprising his role as the nameless killer. [3] Patrick Brice, the director of Creep (2014) and Creep 2 (2017), was announced to return as director and a co-writer alongside Mark Duplass. [4] [5] It was also announced that the season would consist of six half-hour episodes. [4]
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. [4]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mike" | Patrick Brice | November 15, 2024 | 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 Brice | November 15, 2024 | 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 Brice | November 22, 2024 | TBA |
Jeremy is an internet personality who focuses on exposing others. He decides to interview Father Tom in order to expose the sins of the church and travels out to Tom's remote home. The interview ends with Jeremy screaming at Tom, who then decides to show him a video of Tom receiving an exorcism while wearing the wolf mask. Tom then informs Jeremy that he had killed the priest and assumed his position to honor the man's memory. He pushes for Jeremy to receive a baptism, however the man manages to escape after hitting Tom with his belt. Jeremy manages to make it to his car, which fails to start due to Tom sabotaging the motor. He is then slain by Tom. | ||||
| 4 | "Brad" | Patrick Brice | November 29, 2024 | TBA |
Brad is a filmmaker who is approached by a fan of a movie he made decades ago. He wants to work with Brad on a true crime documentary and brings Brad to his home, where he is shown a dead body. A horrified Brad is then told that he can either call the cops or make the film, the fan will allow him to do either. Brad decides to make the film and the two decide to bury the body in a grave recently dug by the fan. Brad discovers multiple clues that the fan murdered the victim. He eventually decides to leave, but when he backs up to drive away he runs over another body. Brad decides to place this new victim in the same grave as before, where the fan asks him to guess who killed the victims. Brad guesses that the second person killed the first, which the fan states is incorrect. The fan then knocks out Brad. When he awakens Brad is shown footage that makes it appear as if he was the killer. Brad then tries to flee, but is slain by the fan. | ||||
| 5 | "Brandt" | Patrick Brice | December 6, 2024 | TBA |
A man named Kyle films himself placing axes in a hotel room containing a body bag. He theorizes about codependency and then pulls the Peachfuzz mask out of the bag. Kyle is implied to be codependent on the Peachfuzz persona. He wants to perform the next murder without the mask, which angers Peachfuzz. When the episode's victim arrives, Brandt, Kyle is shown tied up in the bathroom. He manages to get free of the bindings and asks Brandt to wait for him in the room and count to three. Brandt does and on the count of three Kyle bursts in wearing the mask and kills Brandt with an ax. | ||||
| 6 | "Mom (and Albert)" | Patrick Brice | December 13, 2024 | TBA |
The Creep Tapes holds a critic rating of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 reviews, with a non-critic score of 77%. [6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
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." [7] 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." [8]
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." [9] 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. [10]