The Creep Tapes


The Creep Tapes is an American found footage horror television series created and directed by Patrick Brice, and co-written by Brice and Mark Duplass. It is the third installment of the Creep franchise. The series premiered on the streaming services Shudder and AMC+ on November 15, 2024.
In February 2025, the series was renewed for a second season and premiered on November 14, 2025. In October of the same year, the series was renewed for a third season ahead of the second season's premiere and is scheduled to premiere in 2026.

Plot

The series takes a look at different tapes of "Peachfuzz" and his various victims.

Cast

Main

  • Mark Duplass as the titular Creep, also known as Josef, or his alter ego, Peachfuzz, who assumes various names and personas, including "Jeff Daniels" / "Father Tom Durkin" / "Kyle" / "Trip Engold" / "David".

    Special guest stars

Season 1

Series overview

Season 1 (2024)

Season 2 (2025)

Production

Development of a television series based on Creep was announced as soon as principal photography on the series had wrapped in June 2024. Mark Duplass was confirmed to be reprising his role as the nameless killer. Patrick Brice, the director of Creep and Creep 2, was announced to return as director and a co-writer alongside Mark Duplass. It was also announced that the first season would consist of six half-hour episodes.
In February 2025, the series was renewed for a second season consisting of six half-hour episodes, which premiered in November of the same year.
In October 2025, the series was renewed for a third season. By December, it was announced that two episodes have already been filmed.

Release

The first three episodes were shown at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2024. The first season premiered on Shudder and AMC+ on November 15, 2024, with a two-episode premiere.
The second season premiered on Shudder and AMC+ on November 14, 2025.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 75% based on 12 critic reviews, with a non-critic score of 77%. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 55 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
Jarrod Jones of AV Club wrote a favorable review for The Creep Tapes, noting that while the show had some flaws, "At its best, The Creep Tapes transcends its content-mill trappings and becomes something approaching a work of art." Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting rated the show 4/5 skulls, calling it a "welcome expansion of the films. It’s not a reinvention of the format, but rather a fun experiment that explores more dark corners and impulses of a disturbed individual." Variety's Aramide Tinubu reviewed the first two episodes, stating that the series thus acted "more as a disjointed vanity project than a horror story spotlighting a homicidal maniac’s bloodlust." Kaiya Shunyata of RogerEbert.com was also critical, rating it at 2/4 stars and noting that the first two episodes felt like a rehashing of the first two films.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season holds an approval rating of 100% based on 7 reviews.