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''Creep'' is a British-German horror movie set within the [[London Underground]], starring [[~~Lola~~ ~~Rennt~~ ~~(Film)~~|Franka Potente]] and Sean Harris.

''Creep'' is a British-German horror movie set within the [[London Underground]], starring [[Run Lola Run|Franka Potente]] and Sean Harris.

Kate, a young, snooty socialite, ends up getting trapped in the underground after missing the last train. During a sexual assault she meets Creep, aka {{spoiler|Craig}}, a malformed, extremely strong psychopath who goes to extreme lengths to hunt her down. {{spoiler|Eventually she does get caught, but she escapes and learns some clues about Craig's past before becoming the [[Final Girl]].}}

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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|Kate's shoes. (Well, one of them.)}}

* [[Darkness Equals Death]]

* [[Death By Sex]]: {{spoiler|Well okay, it was death by rape, but that works, doesn't it?}}

* [[Death by Sex]]: {{spoiler|Well okay, it was death by rape, but that works, doesn't it?}}

* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Kate and Ray (the dog) both survive, but all the other major characters have been horribly killed and Kate is completely traumatised by everything that's happened.}}

* [[Eye Scream]]: All over the place. The first corpse seen (that of one of the train drivers) has a piece of metal driven through his eye, Kate {{spoiler|drives her stiletto heel through Creep's eye}}, and, in their final confrontation, Creep shoves his thumbs into {{spoiler|George's}} eye sockets.

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* [[Laughing Mad]]: {{spoiler|At the end, Kate starts to giggle uncontrollably after she's mistaken for a homeless person during her [[Heroic BSOD]]. Her giggling quickly dissolves into sobs after everything that's happened hits her all at once.}}

* [[The London Underground]]

* [[Matchlight Danger Revelation]]: Used with torches, twice. Happens at the very beginning when Arthur shines his torch around and [[Freeze Frame Bonus|sees Creep for a split second]], and later with Kate when Creep is fully seen for the very first time.

* [[Matchlight Danger Revelation]]: Used with torches, twice. Happens at the very beginning when Arthur shines his torch around and [[Freeze-Frame Bonus|sees Creep for a split second]], and later with Kate when Creep is fully seen for the very first time.

* [[Meaningful Background Event]]: {{spoiler|After Kate believes Mandy to be dead, the camera shows Mandy, in the background, still very much alive, trying to get Kate and George's attention. Unfortunately, she's so weak she can barely move, let alone speak.}}

* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: A lot of the film is utterly quiet, save for a ''very'' creepy ambient soundtrack reminiscent of ''[[Silent Hill]]''.