The Creeps

THE CREEPS was shot in widescreen and 3-D but released most widely on video, where it is presented flat and panned and scanned. It has been shown in 3-D in a few theatres, mostly during 3-D festivals.

Director Charles Band also directed two earlier 3-D films, PARASITE (1982) and METALSTORM (1983).

A goofy mad scientist who havs created a machine that's capable of bringing famous monsters from worlds of literature into reality, does so and he of course screws it up and they come emerge from the smoke half-sized! Isn't that hilarious.. This film is like total garbage it's not even good enough to be classed as trashy fun, it's clearly made on a micro budget and it shows, I'm sure that what little budget there was went on the pretty good monster makeup, but the acting was, apart from one person, absolutely terrible and it's one of the worst efforts by Full Moon that I ever seen, their earlier horror movie output was so much better, the Subspecies movies are a fantastic saga, but the ones this bad were just moronic and irritating. I didn't like the idea of small people actors playing the monsters and how it's playing off the way they are, it just seemed tacky and fundamentally off to me. The part that really made me go "nah" and decide I didn't care for this movie was when the mini Frankenstein and Mummy were 'chasing' the girl around the library, it just seemed awkward and in poor taste as they were floundering after her, all the monsters apart from Phil Fondacaro had virtually nothing to do but shuffle around awkwardly in place, but he kind of wrangled and spoke for all of them and he really made this movie worthwhile, or at least he almost did as the one bright spot in a terrible mess. Fondacaro was by far the best actor in it and I really bought him as a Dracula who happened to be small in stature, he had the dignity he had the imposing glare, the pathos, and I thought he was a great Dracula, he's a great actor I've always thought so in movies like Troll and Willow and even in Ghoulies 2 he played one of the most interesting characters, I'm a big fan I've never looked at him and seen his condition, to me his personality and talent has always shined through, he's always took every part seriously and gave it his all, and it was great to see him in a substantial role that allowed him to chew the scenery like a villain. For what it was it seemed to have genuine love for the Universal Monster movies and for me the best part of the story was nothing action-related, just some dialogue, it was when the captive sacrificial girl gives this really great little speech about why we need monsters and how they live forever as monsters in the original tales and in the imagination, how she spoke it wasn't the best and it comes from out of nowhere but I thought it was a really sweet little moment that was sincere and was written by someone with a real love of scary things and monsters. Very playful and I like the concept but this is a complete cheesefest and unfortunately for me it's good points don't nearly outweigh its shortcomings..oh well, there we go! Sorry.. That's The Creeps, not the most shining gem in the Full Moon repertoire by a long shot but hey a monster mash is always fun X

If while flipping through the channels and you spend more than 15 seconds identifying the quality of this film, you have a serious problem. A mad scientist summons four midget monsters and must sacrifice a young, naked, virgin, female librarian to take over the - oh, you get the idea.

As textbook b-comedy (with a hint of horror) as you get. This is one of those films with such a low budget that the viewer has no sense of geometry in any scene; you know, where everything takes place in the same room but you really have no idea where camera angle A is in the room in relationship to angle B. Neither the script nor the actors nor the director nor the composer take what they're doing seriously. It's *very* obvious, trust me.

I could go through a list what's bad about the film (both unintentional and intentional), but I don't see any point. Fans of crappy films will have fun with this, but anyone taking anything seriously won't. As for me, it was late, I was tired, and I watched Feardotcom . . . then it was *really* late, I was *really* tired, and I fell asleep during The Creeps.

The premise of midget monsters and people being afraid of them had tremendous promise and could have been really funny. Of course they failed hard and it's just boring. There is constant background music to let you know when you're supposed to laugh or be scared because there's no other way of knowing. It's like a Spike Lee movie only more realistic. To make it even worse, the entire story makes no sense. They frequently find themselves trying to explain what has just happened and it still doesn't make sense. They even have the guy work at a video store just to mention the other terrible movies these people have made. Don't waste your time.

The Creeps is a perfect low budget film. The whole picture looks like it was made for less than $200. But lacking in set and money, the crew seems to have a fun time. A lot of fun is poked at the library system, notably in a feminist having sex with a first edition book of "Jane Eyre." The midgets are the stars of this. When an experiment bringing literary characters to life goes wrong, the real fun kicks in. The lead star as Dracula gives a great performance. The acting seems a bit off once in a while, but if you like a B-movie that doesn't take itself seriously and could make you laugh, tune in to "The Creeps" at your nearest specialist video shop!