More chilling psychological thriller with brushstrokes of horror than straight horror, Creepy lives up to its name. Unsatisfied with his new career and a move to a quieter neighborhood in the suburbs with his wife, it doesn’t take much convincing from a former colleague to investigate a cold case that saw three family members disappear without a trace, leaving behind a shell-shocked daughter. He soon trades in his badge for a teaching job, however, when a young serial killer in custody breaks loose and he barely escapes with his life. The film opens with an introduction to Koichi Takakura (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a detective with a heavy interest in criminal psychology. It’s a return that brings the familiarity of Kurosawa’s methodical, atmospheric approach to horror, yet departs from the supernatural themes of his previous works. Based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Yutaka Maekawa, Creepy marks director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s return to the horror genre since Japanese horror classics Pulse and Cure.
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