And "Creep" certainly isn't a remake or intentional copy of "Death Line". I've watched both films within the last month and despite the fact that they both share the theme of unnatural villains lurking in the underground, and the settings are very similar, in terms of their storylines they are not actually that alike. In "Death Line" there is a history pf people going missing and the protaganists knowingly go under to investigate. In "Creep" there is no previous history of people going missing, and the main protagonists inadvertently stumble into - rather than intentionally goes looking for - the villain (by missing the last train, by doing drilling works in the sewers, by having the misfortune of being a homeless person unwittingly being dragged into the mess by the protagonist etc), while all along the world above knows nothing of what is happening below them.
When he was asked about it in an interview with the BBC in 2005 (the question being "What do you have to say about the critics accusing you of plagiarism"?), Chris Smith misunderstood the question and thought the interviewer was actually referring to the fact that he'd previously - and willingly - admitted that he'd borrowed heavily from "An American Werewolf in London". When it was explained he'd been accused of copying "Death Line" he had no idea what they were talking about, and said that he was inspired to make "Creep" following a journey through the London Underground the morning after he'd watched "An American Werewolf in London" for the first time. Up until then he had never heard of "Death Line".
Since he'd had no issues with admitting that he had borrowed from "An American Werewolf in London", then by that logic - if he really HAD seen "Death Line" before making "Creep" - he would not have had any issues with admitting that as well.
If you don't like "Creep" then fair enough - but there's no need to make up stroies or invent non-existent "facts" just to support your dislike of a film
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