One of the best horror films of the year and probably the best serial killer film of the last decade, Creepy is Kurosawa's greatest achievement and Japanese genre cinema at its finest.

| Aug 25, 2018

Little that happens in Creepy is surprising, but even less is unsatisfying.

| Original Score: B | Aug 3, 2017

Something nasty in the woodwork? Almost surely. It's macabre fun finding it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 27, 2016

Creepy does as creepy says. This is an eerie and discomfiting thriller from the Japanese horror maestro Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 29, 2016

Teruyuki Kagawa, superb as Nishino, pupates from leering nuisance to a malignant force in a gripping study of urban isolation and vulnerability: Michael Haneke with a raging migraine.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 24, 2016

Most of the elements here have been used in countless crime and horror movies before. Kurosawa's originality lies in the sly way he portrays the battle of wits between Nishino and the criminal psychologist on his tail.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 23, 2016

Kurosawa returns to his sinister roots with a brutal serial killer yarn.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 23, 2016

Like 'Psycho' and 'Snakes on a Plane', this Japanese horror movie does what it says on the tin.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2016

What this Japanese thriller lacks in mystery it more than makes up for in suspense and psychopathology.

| Nov 10, 2016

Perturbed and darkly funny ...

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 21, 2016

Every narrative issue in Creepy is overwhelmed by the quality of the filmmaking.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 21, 2016

In terms of formal orchestration, Creepy is as sublime as any prior Kiyoshi Kurosawa film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 21, 2016

The movie is thoroughly and utterly creepy, partly because Mr. Kurosawa knows how to slither under your skin, but also because his movies transcend the classifications (and limits) valued by critics and content providers.

| Oct 20, 2016

A slow-burning mystery that gets darker by the minute before reaching a lurid, queasy finale.

| Oct 20, 2016

Ambience also plays a major role, and Akiko Ashizawa's lighting keeps a cloud of gloom hanging over every shot.

| Oct 18, 2016

A film that not only amply merits its name, but would make Norman Bates scratch his head at the sheer weirdness of what goes on here behind closed doors.

| Oct 18, 2016

The performances are compelling all around, but Kagawa stands out: His Nishino, somehow as cowardly as he is sinister, recalls the oily nervousness of Peter Lorre.

| Oct 18, 2016

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's nail-biting thriller [is] dominated by a psychopath who exerts a malevolent hold on his neighbors.

| Oct 18, 2016