Why You Missed It
Creep appears to have hopped straight from the festival circuit to VOD. It's now streamable on Netflix and Amazon.

Should You Keep Missing It?
Here's my unvarnished feeling on Duplass as an actor: I'd rather see him play a creep or a jerk (as in the little-seen True Adolescents, a past Movies You Missed) than a Nice Guy. But I like that he can turn on a dime from the former to the latter, or vice versa.

In Safety Not Guaranteed, Duplass played a potential creep — an oddball living in the woods seeking a companion for time travel via the classifieds — who turned out to be a sweet, lovely fellow. In Creep, he plays an oddball living in the woods who seeks companionship in a similar manner.

Without spoiling too much (because, hey, it's there in the title), I can say that Brice turns Safety right on its head. There's always something a little cloying about Duplass when he plays nice, and this film brings out that hint of smarminess and makes it sinister.

My 20-point, highly scientific scale for the evaluation of indie films:

1-4 points: Does it look pretty?
2/4. No, it's found footage. But Brice gets points for doing some clever things with his camera that add to the subgenre's bag of tricks. He eschews the usual jump scares and opts for setups in which we see something Aaron doesn't, or vice versa. (One of Josef's key monologues happens with the camera off but the sound on, and the result is chilling.)
1-4 points: Does anything happen?
4/4. Not enough to satisfy horror fans who yawned through The Blair Witch Project. But if you enjoy slow-burn found footage (I do), Creep will keep you entertained.

For me, it worked less as a horror movie than as a black comedy that plays with our expectations for the subgenre. When we watch FF horror, we're always waiting for that moment when the merely unsettling turns into the oh-shit-we're-gonna-die — the finding-the-bloody-teeth moment, to use a Blair Witch reference. Brice knows we know Josef just ain't right, but he holds off and holds off on the oh-shit moment, teasing us with misdirection. The movie, like Josef himself, messes with us — and I prefer that to a horror flick that swings bloody axes.

1-4 points: Does what happens make sense?
3/4. Eh. Toward the end, Aaron suddenly gets a lot dumber, but then, it is a horror movie.

1-4 points: Do the characters seem like real people? Failing that, do they look pretty?
4/4. In a two-character drama, you have to believe in the characters. I commented on Duplass' contribution above.

Through his exceedingly low-key performance as Aaron, Brice portrays the little dance we go through whenever we meet an over-friendly stranger: Is he a threat, or just a harmless, puppyish eccentric? Should we trust him and accept his overtures, or does he creep us the hell out? It's a situation that anyone who meets many talkative strangers in a professional context can relate to, and it's disturbingly believable here.

1-4 points: Does the movie give us a reason to care about anything happening on screen?
2/4. I can't say the film made me worry for Aaron's welfare, or think deep thoughts afterward. But it kept me interested throughout, and it has roots in the discomforts and anxieties of daily life — as good horror should.

Verdict: 15/20. Smarter than the average found-footage film, but not for those who just want to be scared. (The night before I watched Creep, I streamed the "Supernatural" episode "Family Remains," one of the show's rare genuine freak-your-shit-out episodes, so yeah, I do remember how that feels.)

Right now I'm not finding reliable info for new additions to Netflix Instant in September. Check your "local listings" (i.e., Google) closer to the end of the month.