tl;dr – I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

As someone who watches a lot about and reads a lot about killers, I have to say that Duplass’ Aaron is a breath of fresh air. It gets old watching the same types over and over. There’s the silent killing machine, the backwards hillbilly, the focused psychopath, etc.

Aaron is something else. He is relatable. We can see ourselves in the “bad guy” in this movie, not just the “victim”. Humanizing a serial killer can be hard, and some would argue unnecessary. But what is often one of the things we watch these types of films for? What are we searching for among the screams and the blood? We are looking for the why, the driving force behind those empty eyes. Isn’t that sometimes the most interesting part?

Sure one could argue that American Psycho’s Patrick Bateman is pretty relatable, just trying to get by and enjoy life despite all the human garbage around him. In fact I think a lot of Millennials would relate to Bateman quite well. But how often do we get to witness a serial killer’s midlife crisis, like we do in Creep 2?

That’s Aaron’s impetus for this film and instead of buying a sports car he hires Sara to film him. We are privy to the slump of a killer. All the introspective dialogue that founts from Aaron (a Duplass specialty) makes us root for him even more than we usually do for a killer we like.

And you know what’s even more likeable than Aaron? Sara! She goes from questioning her decisions to quickly taking control of the situation she is in. She uses her brain and her actions (and not her body!) to navigate through a very unique set of circumstances.

The ending of Creep 2 gave me the shivers, which doesn’t happen often. I love both of these characters so much and I can’t wait to see the third (and final?) one.

Have you seen Creep and/or Creep 2? What did you think? Do you find Aaron boring? Is there not enough gore? Perhaps you were hoping, like me, that Sara was secretly also a serial killer? Let me know!