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Creepy

2016 · 130 min

A slow, suffocating crawl into suburban dread, where politeness curdles into menace and every quiet encounter leaves you uneasy.

Tagline
That man isn't my father… he's a total stranger.
Overview
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • deception
  • family
  • madness
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, horror
Directed by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Written by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Chihiro Ikeda
Starring
Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruna Kawaguchi, Masahiro Higashide, Ryoko Fujino, Takashi Sasano, Masahiro Toda
Cinematography
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Runtime
130 min
Country
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Languages
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