creep be a straight up serious horror film set in real time that want nothing more than to just show people get attack in a empty subway platform by a mutant for 85 minute . and it do just that . nothing more and nothing less . director christopher smith draw out the drama a far a he plausibly can by introduce a series of character that would actually have a reason to be in the subway after it be lock . he also leave the origin of the titular creep deliberately vague ( unlawful experiment happen in the 60 underground be hint at ) and that little bit of mystery work for the most part . sadly and he undermine himself toward the end by actually hold back from a twist end where more genetic malformation would appear ( they be hint at as well ) . yes and you hear me right i want a clichéd twist end . franka ( run lola run ) potente be good a the terrorized female lead and the rest of the cast be fine .