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[BD Review] ‘Creeper’ Is More Unsettling Than Creepy…
This might be a surprise for you, but the internet is host to a lot of weird people. Be it Facebook, Skype, Reddit, whatever. Now I’m not going to point fingers, since when you look at said people, obviously there’s a line between a harmless interest and something that should involve the cops breaking down your door. Anyway, the internet has been one of those topics that horror movies have utilized to varying degrees, particularly in the indie film market. With his film Creeper, writer/director Matthew Gunnoe has taken the potential creepiness that an online chat website holds, and turned it into a rather unsettling affair.
For those not familiar with the term, a “Creeper” is someone who lurks on social media or dating websites looking to get off on unsuspecting people. Heather and her friends have gotten tired of this happening to them, and so they decide to turn the tables. Finding a man named Jerry Tobin on the dating website ConnectMeNet, they goad him into humiliating himself on camera, performing various acts of depravity in return for the girls’ potential nudity. Unfortunately for Jerry, it’s all a setup as the girls manage to find and beat him up, then post the clips of his acts online for the world to see in a video titled “Revenge on a Creeper”. Unfortunately for the girls, however, is that Jerry wasn’t quite all there to begin with, and this abuse and humiliation causes him to snap and disappear. Re-emerging one year later, Jerry’s off of his meds and looking for payback.
The film is essentially divided up into two parts, with the first part being the girls bullying Jerry. In an ironic twist, you end up feeling for Jerry as the guy is seemingly put through the ringers in hopes that he would gain friends in the girls. It helps that the girls are snotty and not at all sympathetic characters, despite their intentions to get revenge on the supposed sleaze that have been hounding them. I say supposed, since we don’t actually see instances of this. From a story standpoint, it makes sense: make the girls totally unlikeable, while Jerry gets the sympathy card. As expected, things change in the second half with Jerry dealing out the revenge with us rooting him on. Mostly.
Darryl Baldwin, who plays Jerry, doesn’t talk in the film, and is therefore supposed to use facial expressions and body language to communicate his emotions. He does the best that he can, but it’s quite obvious that it’s not his strong suit. He does an adequate job of being the “gentle giant” type, but when he goes nuts, he’s a formidable dude. He’s rough with the girls, putting them through their own humiliations (one involving a bucket used for an outhouse, and another reminiscent of Se7en). As mentioned previously, the girls are bratty and not at all likeable, which works but leads into a bigger problem with the film.
Given that the film is your low budget affair, you can expect some weak acting. Unfortunately, there’s weak and then there’s bad. Creeper‘s acting is bad. The girls are one-note. Almost every emotion comes across as fake. One minute a girl will be crying after being captured, the next she’ll be back to being bitchy without any transition. No tears, no sniffles, nothing. Another instance has a couple of the girls getting the upper hand on Jerry, but rather than going at him furiously, it’s a couple of lame kicks and more annoying talk. I know that the idea is that they’re supposed to be unlikeable, but there’s a line between unlikeable and just being annoying. Unfortunately, the girls are annoying, and have you itching to reach into your screen to choke them yourself. It doesn’t end there. The film sees fit to throw in your stereotypical stoner character who promptly meets his demise, but not after making stoner talk and offering Jerry weed, as well as one of the worst SWAT teams ever put to film. The SWAT team shows up, and promptly gets taken out by Jerry and some questionable Adobe After Effects footage. Really, who brings mortar rounds to take out a psychopath, or goes full sniper camouflage, only to be blown up a few seconds later? I know it’s a forest, but there’s no land elevation and you’re standing next to trees with grass cover on you.
So yeah, you can guess what kind of film Creeper is: another lame indie film that throws on a scratch filter to make it seem like a Grindhouse film, but is point-and-shoot with actors who can’t act and budget effects. It’s an agonizing 96 minutes to sit through, and doesn’t have the switch of sympathy between the girls and Jerry (which you’d hope that it would). The only redeeming part would be the eventual nudity by the girls, but even that’s ruined by the acting.
Here’s an extended preview, with some clips available here.
This week’s new releases offer everything from giant monsters to Spielberg aliens to ass-kicking martial artists and even an ash-eating medical student. Do we have your interest?
Here’s all the new genre movies that released on Friday, June 12, 2026!
These aren’t all HORROR movies, but we want you to be aware of them all the same…
Norwegian creature feature Kraken is now available on Digital.
The film was also unleashed in select theaters. Check your local listings.
In the monster movie Kraken, “unnatural behavior in wild salmon, followed by inexplicable deaths in Norway’s deepest fjord, points to the mythical Kraken. The ancient, multi-armed monster has awakened, ready to crush everything that moves or makes a sound.”
Pål Øie (The Tunnel) directs Samuel Goldwyn Films’ Kraken from a script by Vilde Eide, Kjersti Jelen Rasmussen, and Natasha Arthur. Sara Khorami, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Øyvind Brandtzæg, Jenny Evensen, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Jon Erik Myre, Hans Morten Hansen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, and Filip Bargee Ramberg star.
An all girls trip into the desert for escapism fun instead implodes in violence in the revenge thriller Find Your Friends, now streaming only on Shudder.
In the film, “Amber and her four best friends flee Los Angeles for a girls’ trip in Joshua Tree, only to find themselves unwelcome in a desert town simmering with quiet hostility. As isolation sets in and encounters with aggressive locals grow more threatening, festering resentments within the group begin to surface.
“What begins as fun and reckless escape spirals into a violent struggle for control and survival, as past wounds and present dangers collide in a night that turns their trip into a nightmare.”
Bella Thorne (The Babysitter), Chloe Cherry (“Euphoria”), Helena Howard (I Saw the TV Glow), Sophia Ali (Uncharted), Zion Moreno (“Gossip Girl”), and Chris Bauer (“True Blood”) star in the feature debut by writer/director Izabel Pakzad.
Steven Spielberg is more sure today than he was when he made Close Encounters and ET that aliens are very real, and with Disclosure Day, he aims to make you a believer too.
Okay so it’s not a horror movie, but the sci-fi blockbuster is now playing in theaters.
The vague synopsis for Disclosure Day reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”
The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).
Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for Jurassic World Rebirth.
Steven Spielberg is of course no stranger to extraterrestrial encounters, directing two of the greatest alien movies of all time: Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977 and E.T. in 1982. It’s an arena he returned to in 2005, directing an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.
Here in 2026, Steven Spielberg sees hope in the existence of aliens. He notes in the final trailer for Disclosure Day, “How will disclosure change us? I believe for the better.”
Another movie that’s not a horror movie but worth mentioning here is the violent martial arts revenge thriller The Furious, which is now playing in theaters from Lionsgate.
Xie Miao (The New Legend of Shaolin) and Joe Taslim (Mortal Kombat) star.
After his daughter is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wang Wei sets out on a rampage to find her himself.
His only ally is Navin, a relentless journalist whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Fueled by a furious vengeance, the unlikely duo ruthlessly fights against the kidnappers.
Kenji Tanigaki (Enter the Fat Dragon) directs from a script by Mak Tin Shu (Kung Fu Jungle), Lei Zhilong, Shum Kwan Sin (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In), and Frank Hui.
A disturbing weight loss craze involving human ashes opens up a haunting world of hurt for a young woman in Saccharine, which is now available on Digital outlets at home.
From writer/director Natalie Erika James (Relic, Apartment 7A), the Australian supernatural body horror film follows lovelorn medical student Hana, who becomes terrorized by a sinister force after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.
Midori Francis (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$), and Madeleine Madden (“The Wheel of Time”) star in Natalie Erika James’ latest nightmare.
From directors Arturo Ambriz and Roy Ambriz, I Am Frankelda is billed as the first ever full length stop motion movie from Mexico, and it’s now streaming on Netflix.
The history-making stop-motion film is a dark fantasy set in a world of monsters.
Here’s the synopsis: “In 19th-century Mexico, Frankelda is a gifted writer whose dark tales are ignored and dismissed. Forced to suppress her voice, she refuses to give up, even as many try to silence her. But when she is thrust into her subconscious, the very monsters she created come to life.
“Guided by Herneval, a tormented prince trapped between dreams and nightmares, she must restore balance between fiction and reality before both realms collapse. Meanwhile, the sinister writer Procustes and his conspirators plot to seize control. As Frankelda and Herneval grow closer, their bond becomes both a strength and a curse.
“To rewrite their fate, she must confront a love that defies existence and reclaim her power as a storyteller—before dark forces consume her imagination and reveal horrors beyond her creation.”
The directors said in a joint statement, “As brothers, we grew up inventing worlds together, drawing, playing, imagining. Over time we understood that fictional characters were not only companions but guides. Sometimes they felt closer than the people around us. They provided us courage, wisdom, and solace. We believe fiction is not an escape from reality but a way of understanding it. A way of converting truth into palatable chunks. I Am Frankelda comes from a lifelong love of storytelling.”
Mireya Mendoza, Arturo Mercado Jr., and Luis Leonardo Suarez lead the voice cast.
Meagan Navarro writes in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Mexico’s first stop-motion animated feature is a macabre beauty.” Meagan also notes in her review, “I Am Frankelda is a gothic fantasy feature whose boundless creativity is matched by its ambition.”
The lines of reality and delusion blur in Time of Death, now available on Digital.
Michael Kelly (“The Penguin,” Dawn of the Dead 2004) stars with Kevin Pollak (End of Days), Mena Suvari (Vampires of the Velvet Lounge), and Dennis Haysbert (Send Help).
In the horror-thriller, “When a prisoner vanishes without a trace, Detective Frank Morley (Michael Kelly) is sent to a decaying prison on the verge of shutdown. What begins as a routine investigation quickly spirals into a dangerous search for answers.”
Will Wernick (Escape Room 2017, Follow Me) directs from a script by Jason Rosen. They also produce alongside Kelly Delson, Jeff Delson, and Kyle David Crosby.
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