Creep
Short description
Creep is a horror thriller set in London, where Kate, a young woman on her way to a social engagement, misses the last train and becomes trapped inside a closed Underground station late at night. An empty train eventually arrives, and she boards it, but it stops partway through the tunnel and the lights go out. Stranded in the dark passages beneath the city, she finds she is not alone, and something is hunting down there.
The film was directed by Christopher Smith, who also wrote the screenplay, and it was his first feature, arriving before Severance, Triangle, Black Death and the later titles in his filmography. Franka Potente plays Kate, with Sean Harris, Vas Blackwood, Ken Campbell, Jeremy Sheffield and Paul Rattray in supporting roles. It was produced by Jason Newmark and Julie Baines for Dan Films, the UK Film Council, Zero Film GmbH and Filmstiftung NRW, running 85 minutes.
Released in 2004, the film took in about 7 million dollars worldwide, a modest return for a genre picture. On IMDb it holds a 5.6 rating from more than 31,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6 out of 10 from a much smaller pool of under a thousand. A critics' rating of 4.3 out of 10 from 15 reviews places it below the audience scores on both platforms.
What's left behind the scenes
- The filmmakers purchased six identical yellow dresses for Kate (played by Franka Potente) and soiled them to varying degrees, as the character's dress was not meant to get any cleaner as the plot progressed.
- Kelly Scott had never seen Sean Harris in makeup until the moment they began filming the scene featuring their characters, so the fear and disgust her character often displays are completely genuine.
- Applying the makeup to transform Sean Harris into Craig took seven hours each time, and another three hours were spent removing it.
- Sean Harris employs the Stanislavski system. During filming, he made no effort to bond with anyone. Harris remained in makeup, costume, and character even during breaks between takes, which greatly unnerved the other actors and crew members.
- The London Underground administration denied permission to place promotional posters in the subway featuring a bloody hand sliding across a train window, even though the corresponding footage had been officially filmed (i.e., with permission) at closed stations. Producer Julie Bains found this 'amusing,' noting that the film was not based on true events. The ban was later lifted for the promotional campaign preceding the film's DVD release.
- Charing Cross station, where a significant part of the plot unfolds, is a subway station that was closed in 1999. It is regularly used as a filming location for a wide variety of television and film projects.
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