Creep

Honestly, I was expecting something different. for some reason, it seemed to me that gg would be locked in the basement and tortured, but as it was, the film was rather awkward and sometimes creaky (maybe because the title of the film is literally creep???). only the scene by the water with an axe seemed interesting to me, until the last you know that this guy definitely can't be trusted, but the sound of the axe and skin touching still makes you feel uncomfortable

If we had invited more charismatic and more sophisticated actors, the film would have turned out to be a fire. Complaining about the stretch is strange, because how else to show a creepy character from whom you want to call the police, and on the other hand, what are the grounds?
In general, the acting strangled a very interesting plot.

Not bad, there is an intrigue.

On the eve of the release of the series The Creep Tapes - called in Russian "Bastard Chronicles" - from the streaming service Shudder, specializing in nerve-tickling products, I decided to join the beautiful, that is, the Creep dilogy (we call it the Bastard", but this not exactly accurate, of course. I looked at the translation, in which he was generally called a Scoundrel. Very funny in the context of the film, but also not about that) from Patrick Bryce and Mark Duplass, who often flies into various themed tops.

Videographer Aaron responds to an online ad. A certain Joseph offers a dusty job - the hireling should film how he spends the day. Arriving at the place in the country cottage, Aaron learns that Joseph has a pregnant wife, but not only. He also has a brain tumor, and Joseph wants to leave a message for his unborn child, and in general, to show what his dad was like. One problem is that Joseph has a rather strange sense of humor, but whatever you do for a noble goal (and a long dollar).

Admittedly, even twelve years after its release, the Bastard really doesn't age. This, of course, is facilitated by pseudo-documentary photography, which does not require huge amounts of money and special effects, and already initially gives the project timelessness. But not only that. So far "Bastard" looks fresh compared to many of its competitors in the genre "found records". Perhaps the genre has grown tired over the last decade, and nothing like that has come out since then, and the Bastard came out at the end of its popularity, but the fact is the fact (or my subjective opinion is my subjective opinion).

We must pay tribute to Patrick Bryce ("Sleepover", " There is someone in your House") and Mark Duplass ("Room 104", " The Morning Show"), which they not only played the (main and only) roles of Aaron and, accordingly, Joseph, but also embodied the concept of the film from beginning to end. Bryce acted as director, both acted as cinematographers of the film, and both wrote the script. "The script" is a big word. They had only five pages with the general direction of the plot. But, what is more unusual, all the dialogues in the film are improvisations. Actually, initially Bryce and Duplass chatted on camera, showed the footage to friends, and friends are like: Are you sure this is a psychological black comedy? It looks like you have a psychological horror planned. Well, the authors have already purposefully and successfully begun to catch up with the horror in their dialogues and skits.

Mark Duplass is generally quite a well-known multitouch, but I know him better (and his brother Jay, with whom he constantly collaborates) as a producer, director and screenwriter, but as an actor I have hardly seen him. But Duplass was pleasantly surprised. He played very cool. Of course, plus or minus you understand what the whole movie is leading to, but until the very end there are doubts about how dangerous Joseph is and, by the way, is he dangerous? Therefore, unlike many horror films in which you scream at the screen from the very beginning in the best traditions of a very scary movie: Run, bitch, run!, here you more or less understand the cameraman Aaron, why he stays with Joseph. Plus, of course, the fact that Aaron has to shoot only one day of the customer's life plays into this. This is not the Danish-Dutch "Don't Tell Anyone", where red flags have been looming for several long days, although parallels can be drawn between two films, when one person slowly but surely violates the boundaries of the second. Apparently, by the way, Shudder ordered "Bastard Chronicles" - the original "Don't Tell Anyone" they show at home, and the remake was produced by Blumhouse Studio, which gave money for both parts of the Bastard. It all came together.

"Bastard" is an uncomfortable movie, but funny at the same time, as is Joseph, who is in the spotlight. It does not allow you to relax until the very end, gradually escalating suspense, but even in the most tense moments it will always provide an excuse to giggle nervously.

Rating: 7 bat am e creep, am e virdo out of 10