Creeping Death

I was really looking forward to Creeping Death after seeing the trailers, but unfortunately, it fell flat on almost every level. The plot was predictable and lacked any real tension, making it hard to stay engaged. The characters were one-dimensional, with motivations that felt forced and unconvincing.

The dialogue was cringe-worthy at times, filled with clichés that took me right out of the story.

While the visuals were decent, they couldn't save the film from its lackluster writing and direction. Overall, Creeping Death was a missed opportunity, leaving me more frustrated than entertained. I'd give it a pass if I were you.

Matt Sampere had an idea years ago of a story he wanted to tell.

Matt wrote, directed and starred in Creeping Death, a movie that doesn't overcomplicate things and just tells a tale based in my favourite season of the year Halloween.

The movie caught the essence of autumn perfectly from the opening scenes.

It had it all with gore and great storytelling.

Yes characters came across unlikeable (like so many big budget Hollywood movies) so I found myself rooting for the monster which I thought looked very cool!

It also had great emotional scenes with his mother which pulled at the heart strings.

With no expectations going in, I was delighted to find this movie being one of those hilariously terrible, so-bad-it's-good movies that you can laugh with and at from beginning to end.

If only there were some more gold nuggets of lines like "Do you know how to have a conversation, dude?" and "My nipples are as hard as rocks!" and "Oh no, it's face, that's a face, that's a face!" and "This is why you never got into film school, you know nothing about cinematography" (ironic!), this would be deserving of yearly rewatches in cult fashion.

Oh, and it's pretty amazing how some people created IMDb accounts just to give this one a 10 star rating and a review with remarkably high praise. So weird, right?!

No pun intended - actually I am not sure if you can say that it is steady. It is really tough to rate and review something that one has put so much heart and soul into. But as the director said, before we watched his movie on one of the biggest screens in the world, he edited this on a laptop. I don't think he could imagine the scope ... and what it does watching this on a big screen - I don't think he was aware of lighting issues or other issues (editing wise) that would arise.

But even without those you really have to suspend your disbelief ... you have to just take the flaws this throws at you (including some very bad acting and plot holes that might have been bigger than the screen we watched this on) ... if you can, maybe you'll be able to enjoy this more. But you live and learn and maybe the next effort of this filmmaker will be better.

Being from upstate New York, I loved all the upstate New York references and all the subtle Easter eggs you wouldn't see them then if you weren't looking for them. I thought the lighting was awesome and some great camera shots, angles like an old style, classic Halloween slash and dash movie. There are also many things that were unanswered and left open for a possible sequel or part 2. The bad guys mask was epic, that should be in all the Halloween stores this year in my opinion. The dude's eyes and twisted smile were very well thought up and put together. If youre from upstate New York, and you pay attention you'll see a lot of the same things that I saw. As a 'watch too much TV and shows' kind of person I thought this was a great first shot at what could be a series. 👏 👏