Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Creep’ (2014)

Written by Scott Edwards

​Being able to open up and be yourself in front of anyone is something that requires work. When you put yourself out there and people do not like what you have to offer, it can cause a downward spiral that many people cannot come out of. As most people try to protect themselves from these consequences, they keep their real selves hidden inside of them until they get to know people and slowly let themselves make an appearance. But there are others that go balls to the wall when they meet new people and let it all hang out. While there is nothing wrong with either approach, you have to be sure that you want your new friends to know the real you, because if they don’t like the real you, you may never see them again.

Freelance videographer Aaron is in need of some additional cash and seeing an ad for a thousand dollars for a day’s work does not seem that bad. Arriving at Josef’s house, Aaron finds that his client Josef is not home and is wondering what the plan is. Josef is a sneaky devil however and scares Aaron while his is sitting in his car. Talking for a couple seconds outside, Josef invites Aaron into his home and explains that he wants to make a diary for his unborn son. With an inoperable tumor in his brain, Josef will not be around when his son is born and wants to make sure that his Buddy knows what kind of man that he is.

Only thinking about the money, Aaron agrees to the project and the two start in the bathroom while Josef pretends to give his unborn son a bath. Making it apparent that he is not ready to die, Josef plays a little joke on Aaron, giving him yet another scare. Deciding to take the filming on a hike, Josef leads his new friend deeper and deeper into the woods to find an old spring that could bring life back to his dying body. With the conversations getting stranger along the way, Aaron just wants to get back to his car and leave, but Josef wants his new friend to stay just a little bit longer. 

Finishing his drink with Josef, Aaron is ready to go, but cannot find his car keys. Being convinced to stay the night with the strange man, Aaron drugs Josef to see what he is hiding, but when Josef’s cell phone rings and the strange man’s sister is telling him to leave, Aaron knows that much of what he has been filming is a lie. But Aaron has no clue exactly what kind of trouble Josef can truly bring about until he arrives home and starts to get packages at his house from his strange client.

I didn’t know what to expect when turning on this movie, but since one of my friends liked it, I decided to give it a view. Josef seems to have many more problems than the average person and Aaron tries to take pity on him, and every time things start to look up for the dying man, something else happens to make Aaron’s mood go back downhill. With all of the stories that Josef tells about himself and being able to make Aaron open up, it shows how much charisma Josef really has and how desperately he wants his new friend to know so much more about his life. It is a very disturbing film overall, but the hardest part about watching it is when you reach the ending and quickly learn that sometimes the darkest parts of humanity are impossible to keep hidden away. Stay Scared.

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