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When a London modeling agency booker dozes off while waiting for the midnight subway train, the subterranean terror that awaits her in the underground tunnels will send her screaming for her life thro... read more read more...ugh a dark labyrinth in this horror entry directed by Christopher Smith and starring Run Lola Run's Franka Potente. Awakening to discover that the midnight train has passed and she is locked in the station, Kate (Potente) reluctantly steps onto a mysterious empty train for a ride she will not soon forget. As the train grinds to a stop in the pitch black tunnels of the London Underground, Kate realizes that she is not alone in the darkness and if she has any hope of surviving until dawn she'll have to fight for her life against an unimaginable horror too terrifying for the light of day. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: December 20, 2005

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  • March 2, 2012
    "Your journey terminates here."

    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.

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    There's something about the Brits take on horror. Having been weened on the likes of Hammer, Dr. Who and the original Tales from the Crypt, Creep was made for me. An eerie exploration of the underworld and things you find in the dark, well after everyone else has gone to bed is the theme at the heart of this movie. The first two reels shy away from showing you who or what is behind the gruesome deaths in London's famous Tubes. This works well. Lead bird Kate is the perfect heroine, in that she's not a screaming mimi. She has her head on straight even when a bunch of other people become involved in the story, it is apparent, Kate knows how to survive. Unlike so many recent American Horror films this film let's its characters be themselves and not a convenience to the script, and therefore they are intelligent and not just fodder for the killer. Now, the killer, what or who it is, is never really answered. Bits and pieces are given to us and I suppose if I watched it again I might have gleaned more. None-the-less, this fact does not take away from this tale of bloody survival. All in all, I really liked the atmosphere, the music and overall claustrophobic feel of the modern caves of the underground in London. Watch it, but not alone.
  • October 12, 2010
    This movie is supposed to be a horror film, and it fails in that department. However it was somewhat entertaining. The blood and gore was not what I was expecting at all. They should've had a lot more. The part where Mandy was sitting in the chair and the "creep" was about to saw... read more her open. I wouldn't have minded seeing some of that gore. I mean I was getting excited and I started closing my eyes because you know, I thought I was going to see something nasty. Unfortunately for me, they cut out before you could see the monster do anything with her. The movie built up and got all tense leading up to the moment the monster was about to cut her and then it went black. It was a huge letdown. The whole reality of the movie just wasn't right also. Subway stations are open all the time right? And if they're not I'm sure there would be a guard to wake up the girl telling her to leave when they were about to close up. Also, you're sitting and waiting for your train. There's 5 minutes you have to wait. Would you decide to just take a nap for 5 minutes until the train comes? I didn't think so. She took a nap then missed her train. Like really? It would've been better if she had been late and had to wait like an hour or something for the next train. Then it would be logical for her to fall asleep and miss it. The acting in this film actually was pretty decent. I was very surprised. Although the "creep" was very not scary. He was creepy a little bit, but he looked just mediocre. The movie overall was pretty okay. I wouldn't watch it again, but it was aight.
  • September 15, 2009
    I've seen creepier things on the London underground but this is still a pretty good British horror film. Franka Potente was a brilliant choice to play the lead but Vas Blackwood's acting was questionable.
  • October 21, 2008
    A vacuous young wannabe groupie falls asleep in a tube station and wakes up to be stalked by a cannibal lurking in the underground tunnels. The film opens with two sanitation workers wading knee deep in excrement and by the end of this pile of pointless gratuitous crap I knew exa... read morectly how they felt. It ticks every single box of my horror film hate list. Useless characters you couldn't care less about, gratuitous gore, an unexplained and irrelevant back story and a plot that consists of a series of completely unbelievable events with zero logic attached to them designed to engineer a false sense of danger and suspense. The so-called monster is just a lumpy headed bloke who literally squeals like a piggy and the direction reminded me of those rubbish late night shorts you see on obscure TV channels designed to introduce new "talent". If you thought Saw or Hostel was shit, you ain't seen nothin' yet...
  • January 1, 2008
    well wot cann i say the most dreadful horror ever the ost unlikely hood of a girl getting trapped in a train station then getin chased by a weirdo dnt see the point of the film or why the creep is even there crap!!
  • September 30, 2007
    A poor man's "Death Line". A promising use of the underground locations soon gives way to tedium, gratuitous unpleasantness and predictability. Mercifully short, however.
  • July 15, 2007
    Nice throwback to the 80's.
  • April 21, 2007
    Interesting premise but a little flat. Still, it keeps you thinking about it after it's ended, which is the sign of a good horror.
  • March 30, 2007
    A very dark, gory horror. Great location for a horror film.
  • September 6, 2006
    Campy bizarre monster movie. Reminds me of a 50's B movie mixed with a 70's slasher. It pushes it's luck at times by not really making too much sense. Doesn't get boring and there are certainly a few scares available. Perhaps a less humanoid monster would ahve been better. Imagin... read moree Texas Chainsaw Massacre on the underground.

Critic Reviews


Felix Vasquez Jr.
August 15, 2007
Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

Stupid despicable characters do stupid despicable things with one of the most obnoxious horror movie villains ever made... Full Review

Johnny Butane
February 1, 2006
Johnny Butane, Dread Central

Creep is a good time without asking too much of its audience, a film that knows how and why horror works. Full Review

Pablo Villaca
September 12, 2005
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

Confesso que fiquei curioso para conhecer as circunstâncias que levaram à "criação" do vilão. Infelizmente, o filme só se preocupa em vê-lo imitando Jason Voorhees.

Boyd van Hoeij
May 20, 2005
Boyd van Hoeij, european-films.net

To borrow from Colin Firth in Love actually: It is mainly scary how bad the writing is. Full Review

Andy Keegan
February 19, 2005
Andy Keegan, FilmFocus

Give me strength... Full Review

Matthew Turner
January 30, 2005
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

The performances are good, particularly Potente, who avoids scream queen clichés by making her character surprisingly unlikeable - Kate is rude and arrogant in her early scenes and the fact that she's... Full Review

Rich Cline
December 2, 2004
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

Disarmingly entertaining, in an extremely grisly sort of way Full Review

David Nusair
September 19, 2004
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...as a sort of Halloween clone set underground, the film works. Full Review

Jon Popick
September 12, 2004
Jon Popick, Planet Sick-Boy

Ho-hum slasher flick.

Scott Weinberg
September 12, 2004
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

Light on plot and almost entirely devoid of logic, the movie still manages to deliver a heaping handful of grisly goods...if, like me, you're into that sort of thing. Full Review

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