Creep (2004/I)

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Director:

Christopher Smith

Writer:

Christopher Smith (written by)

Release Date:

10 March 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil Dwells Underground.

Plot:

Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets.

Plot Keywords:

Underground | Tunnel | Acquaintance | Gore | London Underground

Cast

Vas Blackwood	...	George
Ken Campbell	...	Arthur
Kathryn Gilfeather	...	Girl
Franka Potente	...	Kate
Grant Ibbs	...	Man
Joe Anderson	...	Male Model
Jeremy Sheffield	...	Guy
Sean De Vrind	...	Friend
Ian Duncan	...	Friend
Debora Weston	...	Mya
Emily Gilchrist	...	Karen
Craig Fackrell	...	Homeless Guy
Elizabeth McKechnie	...	Woman
Kelly Scott	...	Mandy
Strapper	...	'Ray' The Dog
Jonathan Taylor	...	Dead Driver #1
Paul Rattray	...	Jimmy
Morgan Jones	...	Night Watchman
Daniel Joseph Scott	...	Dead Driver #2
Sean Harris	...	Craig
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Spencer Hawken	...	Man On Train Platform (uncredited)

Directed by
Christopher Smith

Writing credits
Christopher Smith		(written by)

Produced by
Julie Baines	....	producer
Alexandra Ferguson	....	line producer
Martin Hagemann	....	co-producer
Barry Hanson	....	co-producer
Robert Jones	....	executive producer
Kai Künnemann	....	co-producer
Jason Newmark	....	producer

Original Music by
The Insects

Cinematography by
Danny Cohen

Film Editing by
Kate Evans

Casting by
Emma Style

Production Design by
John Frankish

Art Direction by
Matthew Gray		(supervising art director)
Ellen Latz
Ashley Winter

Set Decoration by
Emma Field-Rayner

Costume Design by
Phoebe De Gaye

Makeup Department
Nicola Frost	....	makeup artist
Uli Nunn	....	hair stylist: Franka Potente (as Uli de la Lama)
Jan Sewell	....	hair designer
Jan Sewell	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Marc Grewe	....	production manager
Richard Lloyd	....	post-production supervisor
Tim Wellspring	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Baker	....	additional first assistant director
Matthew Baker	....	key second assistant director
Simon Clegg	....	third assistant director
Barry Derbyshire	....	additional assistant director
Alexandra Ferguson	....	additional assistant director
Max Keene	....	first assistant director
Andrew McEwan	....	second assistant director: re-shoots
Elke Sasserath	....	assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Gordon Fitzgerald	....	property master
Ulrike Gojowczyk	....	props
Lee Hedges	....	dressing prop daily
Mark Hedges	....	dressing propman
Dan Maslen	....	storyboard artist
Jim McCallum	....	stand-by props
Daniel Painter	....	storyboard artist
Thorsten Sabel	....	set dresser: Germany
Keith Stevenson	....	set dresser
Nic Stubbings	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Julie Ankerson	....	foley artist
Nick Baldock	....	sound editor
Peter Baldock	....	supervising sound editor
Michael A. Carter	....	adr mixer
Michael A. Carter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Dodkin	....	boom operator
Rick Dunford	....	adr editor
Rick Dunford	....	dialogue editor
Alex Ellerington	....	additional foley
Martin Jensen	....	foley artist
Thom Paisley	....	second sound re-recording mixer (as Thomas Paisley)
James Seddon	....	dolby consultant
Michael Spencer	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Mike H.G. Bates	....	prosthetic makeup artist: Hybrid Enterprises
Mike H.G. Bates	....	special makeup effects supervisor: Hybrid Enterprises
Suzanne Bates	....	prosthetic makeup artist: Hybrid Enterprises
Nicola Pandel	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Mike Stringer	....	prosthetic makeup artist: Hybrid Enterprises
Mike Stringer	....	prosthetic makeup design: Hybrid Enterprises

Visual Effects by
Phil Attfield	....	visual effects supervisor
Robin Beard	....	digital effects artist
Kimberley Broughton	....	effects artist: Hybrid Enterprises
Lee Clappison	....	online film editor
William Foxwell	....	scanning and recording operator: Lip Sync Post
Simon Frame	....	visual effects supervisor
Scott Goulding	....	scanning & recording
Tom Hocking	....	digital compositor
Katja Hollmann	....	digital lab supervisor: Lipsync Post
Rhodri James	....	system engineer
Victoria Keeling	....	visual effects line producer: Men From Mars (as Victoria McDowell)
Mark Kilburn	....	effects artist: Hybrid Enterprises
Katy Lemon	....	scanning and recording operator: Lip Sync Post
Alasdair MacCuish	....	senior producer: Lipsync Post
Peter Minister	....	effects artist: Hybrid Enterprises
Gruff Owen	....	digital compositor
John Parnham	....	effects artist: Hybrid Enterprises
Jenny Rose-Barber	....	effects artist: Hybrid Enterprises
Dawn Whitehead-Binns	....	effects artist: Hybrid Enterprises

Stunts
Katja Bernet	....	stunt double: Franka Potente (as Katja Jerabek)
Nrinder Dhudwar	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Lewis Buchan	....	camera operator
Mark Clayton	....	gaffer
Kenneth Cornils	....	key grip: Germany
Simon De Glanville	....	camera trainee
Paul Duffy	....	electrician
John Evans	....	second assistant camera
Dean Foard	....	best boy
Paul Hymns	....	key grip
Nathan Mann	....	focus puller
Tony C. Miller	....	gaffer: Main unit UK pick-ups
Jem Morton	....	additional grip
Georg Nonnenmacher	....	gaffer
Oliver Poole	....	electrician
Lars Richter	....	additional first assistant camera
Kim Seber	....	focus puller
Roger Tooley	....	Steadicam operator
David Cozens	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shane Kingdon	....	costume assistant
Rachel Vallance	....	costume assistant
Elena Wegner	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Lee Clappison	....	on-line film editor
Stuart Fyvie	....	digital colorist
Matt Gauci	....	avid technical support
Andrew Melhuish	....	first assistant editor
Patty Papageorgiou	....	post-production coordinator
Kevin Phelan	....	head of post-production: LipSync Post (uncredited)

Music Department
John Baggott	....	additional musician: piano
Matt Biffa	....	music clearance
Matt Biffa	....	music consultant
Peter Brandt	....	additional musician: double bass (as Pete Brandt)
Stuart Gordon	....	additional musician: violin
Juliette McCarthy	....	additional musician: cello
Richard Todman	....	music editor
Alison Wright	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Martin Hartmann	....	production driver
René Saldjughian	....	production driver

Other crew
Ritchie Beacham-Paterson	....	producer: Lipsync Post
Pauline Burt	....	risk manager
Geraldine East	....	legal services
Tina Falcone	....	assistant accountant
Hollie Foster	....	assistant coordinator
Matthew Hobbs	....	production coordinator
Mark Lo	....	misc crew
Ben Luxford	....	floor runner
Richard Morrison	....	title designer
Keeley Naylor	....	unit publicist
William Prouty	....	assistant to producer
Algernon Sloane	....	location manager
Maxine Stanley	....	post-production accountant
Trevor Stanley	....	production accountant
Jonathan Taylor	....	assistant: Julie Baines
Niall Trask	....	runner
Elizabeth Tremblay	....	script supervisor
Katie Kubert	....	production intern (uncredited)

Thanks
Erol Arguden	....	thanks
Michael Schmid-Ospach	....	thanks (as Michael Schmidt-Ospach)

Production Companies

• UK Film Council
• Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (as Filmstiftung NRW)
• Dan Films
• Zero Film GmbH (as Zero West)

Distributors

• Pathé Distribution (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• X Verleih AG (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2005) (Japan) (theatrical) (as GAGA Communications)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• AXN (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Filmax (2004) (Spain) (all media)
• Imagem Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (all media)
• Italian International Film (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL8)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Hybrid Enterprises

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• Art4noise  sound post-production
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Lipsync Post  digital grading
• Lipsync Post  sound re-recording
• One Post  titles post-production
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, language, some drug use and sexual content (cut)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

UK | Germany

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:R18+ | Brazil:18 | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-18 | France:16 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-15 | Malaysia:18SG | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | South Korea:18 | Taiwan:R-18 | UK:18 | USA:R (cut)

Filming Locations:

Aldwych Underground Station, Aldwych, Holborn, London, England, UK

Company:

UK Film Council

Trivia:

Franka Potente was writer/director Christopher Smith's first and only choice to play Kate.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Franka Potente's character falls asleep accidentally and thus is left at Charing Cross after closing time. When she awakes and later on luckily jumps on another train passing through, her rude admirer is there to greet her (and then tries to rape her). He would have had not only to stay hidden all this time while following her, but also would have had to accept being locked in with her, plus would have had to wait for her while she was frantically trying to get out only then to return downstairs trying to catch this last unannounced train.

Quotes:

Jimmy:So what are you, French?
Kate:No, I'm German.
Jimmy:German? I support Germany when they're playing against England at football. Come to think of it I support anyone who's playing against England at football.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2012)

Not a great deal of sense, but reasonably entertaining

Brit horror successfully marries suspense and gore to create a more than decent movie.

Franka Potente is Kate, a socialite on her way to a party in London where George Clooney (Yes really) is believed to be hanging at and where she will attempt to seduce him (Yup, I'm not kidding).

However, she falls asleep at the subway station and misses the last train, leaving her trapped inside. Jeremy Sheffield's Guy is pursuing her though, and when a train finally arrives (Yes, the logic's already disintegrating), he appears out of nowhere and tries to rape her. Unfortunately for him, there is a real killer in the underground who drags him off her and wounds him fatally.

The rest of the movie is killer-pursues-Kate.

Quite frankly the logic in this one was never meant to be particularly strong. It's not even obvious that she fell asleep while waiting for the train, and instead it could have been mindgames. And indeed, mindgames seem to be the only explanation for some of the slightly ludicrous events which occur in the first half.

Nonetheless, this movie is about running away from the bad guy, whose appearance and identity imply he's 'not normal' (Are they ever), and to this end the film does a decent enough job. Once the bizarre first half hour of silliness is past, it is simple enough fare, with more than a hint of severe gore.

There's little more that can be said, such is the basic nature of this, but if you accept the intrinsic daftness of some of it, you'll get a reasonable kick out it if you like the genre.

Seen worse.