JOSEF

“ I love wolves. because they love deeply, but they don't know how to express it, and they're often very violent and, quite frankly, murder the things that they love, and inside of the wolf is this beautiful heart. And yeah it's misguided, and yeah occasionally it murders things. and this little wolf was so cute, it reminded me of you, honestly, You know, that moment I scared you in the woods, and it was... there was murder in your eyes, but it was like, it was baby murder, you're not ready to accept that yet, and I want to encourage you to embrace your inner wolf, so take the wolf and enjoy it, and more importantly, take the knife, and don't be afraid to murder it, because when you stick a knife in something, and you gut it and you really dig inside, I don't know man, there's all this beautiful stuff. and um... I got a little surprise for you in there. See ya soon, buddy! „ ~ Josef's message to Aaron. “ Oh my god...Oh my god. This is gonna be a good day. „ ~ Josef's most famous quote. Josef, also known as The Creep and Peachfuzz, is the titular main antagonist of the found-footage horror franchise Creep. He is a prolific serial killer who hires individuals to film him for a day, before he kills them and adds their videos to his collection.

He is portrayed by Mark Duplass.

Josef is seen as a tall man with fair skin, messy brown hair, and dark eyes.

In Creep One, he usually wore a long-sleeved black plain T-shirt and black trousers. Later, he wore a black jacket in the film. Occasionally, he wore the peacefuzz mask. The peachfuzz mask is a grey wolf's mask with messy hair. The mask has blue eyes with a slight red sclera. At the end of the film when he killed Arron, he wore a beige coat, blue jeans, and sneakers. He also held an axe, which he later then killed Arron with.

In Creep Two, he looked identical to how he looked in Creep One in the beginning. Later in the film, he had a more disheveled appearance. He had longer hair that he put in a ponytail and a stubble. His stubble was grey. He usually wore a short-sleeved black plain shirt and dark grey shorts as well for most of the film. After the bathtub scene with Sarah, he wore a black turtleneck and blue jeans.

Identities Josef: The Creep's first known alias in the franchise, and most likely his real name. A man who is dying of cancer and only has months to live and wants to leave behind a video diary for his unborn son. Claims to be married to a woman named Angela (who turns out to also be his sister) and shares an obsession with Aaron. Claims that his father created the Peachfuzz identity, although later contradicts this when he gives Peachfuzz an origin related to raping his "wife". He uses this name again in The Creep Tapes season 2 when he confronts a copycat going by the same name but spelled differently. Wolfie: His earliest known nickname, given to him by his mother in his childhood and an early incarnation of Peachfuzz. In his adulthood, the woman he hires to impersonate his mother refers to him by this name, which he goes along with. Peachfuzz: The Creep's most prominent and recurring identity that he uses in his crimes. Takes the form of that of a frightening looking wolf. When in this persona The Creep will normally act animalistic and emit growls and snarls, although on rare occasions will speak with the mask on. He claims the identity was created for him by his father, but this hasn't been proven. A variance of Peachfuzz known as Wolf-Slayer appears in the tape "Mark". Unlike Peachfuzz, Wolf-Slayer is able to speak audible English rather than snarls. Bill: An identity The Creep adopts at the end of Creep following his murder of Aaron, in which he phones up another client to potentially stalk and kill. Aaron: Taking from the identity of his "favourite" victim in the first film. The Creep adopts this identity when suffering depression after approaching his 40th birthday. This almost becomes his final identity when he plans a murder suicide with Sara, but she escapes and scuppers his attempts to kill himself. Jeff Daniels: An alias when posing as an aspiring actor and taken from the real life and professional actor of the same name. The Skydiver: A nickname given due to posing as a skydiver seemingly in a skydiving incident gone wrong. One of the rare occasions when the Creep doesn't use a proper name when hunting a victim. Father Tom Durkin: A priest who alleges that he was under demonic possession at a young age. In reality, it is the name of a priest he killed and whose identity he took. The Fan: A nickname given due to his obsession with film director Brad Branson, who made a true crime documentary he supposedly watched when he was younger. David: an unhinged owner of a supposed animal shelter who hates cooking. His animals are all wooden figurines that are named after past victims of his, including Aaron, Sara, and Elliot. Doctor Aversion: Having murdered the real Doctor Aversion, Josef takes his name in order to torment his patient. Claims to have seen the real Santa Claus in childhood. Biography Creep Aaron is an optimistic videographer that decides to come work for Josef after answering his ad on Craigslist. All Aaron has to do is record Josef throughout the day and remain discreet about the entire setup. Josef tells Aaron that he will be recording a series of videos for his unborn son, as he is dying from a terminal illness and will never be able to see him grow up. Aaron first records Josef in a bath tub pretending to give his son a bath, and is then asked to come hiking with Josef. While getting a jacket, Aaron is startled by a wolf mask in the closet; Josef tells him that his father used to wear the mask and pretend to be a friendly wolf named "Peachfuzz". Aaron accompanies him with the video camera. Throughout their time together, Aaron is repeatedly scared by Josef, who claims he has a "weird sense of humor".

At a restaurant after their hiking trip, Josef admits to Aaron that he had taken photos of him before they met, as he wanted to get to know Aaron before meeting him; he apologizes profusely. He also says that Aaron has an "animal within", as he seemed ready to kill Josef when Josef scared him. As Aaron gets ready to leave that night, Josef asks him to stay for a drink of whiskey. He asks Aaron to turn off the camera; Aaron shuts off the video but leaves the sound on. Josef tells him he lied about Peachfuzz, and he wore the wolf mask in order to rape his wife and confirm his suspicions about her animal pornography habit. A now-unsettled Aaron drugs Josef's whiskey, lays him to sleep and takes his phone, which suddenly starts ringing. Aaron hides and answers it; it is Josef's "wife" Angela, who tells Aaron that she is really his sister, and that he needs to get out of the house as soon as he can. Returning to where he left Josef, Aaron finds him gone; he searches for Josef, who scares him once again and tells him that he doesn't want to die before running off. Aaron attempts to leave through the front door, but Josef blocks it with the Peachfuzz mask on. Aaron charges at him, and the camera shuts off.

When the video resumes, Aaron reveals that he escaped the house and made it home, but he soon received a DVD in the mail from Josef of him burying some bags in the yard; Aaron thinks it is meant as a threat. He has also been having terrible nightmares about Josef. Josef sends him a large box with a knife and a stuffed wolf in it, as well as another DVD with a video of Josef apologizing for the last video and saying that he really cares about Aaron. Aaron rips open the stuffed wolf, finding a locket with Josef's and Aaron's pictures in it, which he throws away. After getting no help from the police, Aaron hears a trash can fall one night, and as he investigates his home, Josef appears at the front door. Days later, Josef takes the camera and films Aaron while he sleeps. Aaron finds another DVD labeled "My Last Video" in his house. Josef, in the video, apologizes again, reveals that he found the locket in Aaron's trash, and asks Aaron to come to the public lake by his house to "give them closure". Aaron films himself from his car as he goes to the lake. As he sits on a bench, Josef approaches him from behind, puts on the Peachfuzz mask, and axes Aaron in the skull.

Josef films himself saying good-bye to Aaron, and claims that he appreciated that Aaron trusted him enough not to turn around while sitting on the bench. He shuts off the camera after saying that he loves Aaron. Josef puts a DVD labeled "Aaron <3" in a cabinet full of videos and DVDs with different people's names on them, as he identifies himself as Bill over the phone while speaking to yet another person about hiring them for the same job for which he had hired Aaron.

Creep 2 After an unspecified period following his murder of Aaron, Josef begins to experience a type of midlife crisis and becomes dissatisfied with murder, which he realizes after killing another victim by the name of Dave.

Going under the alias of Aaron after his "favorite" victim, he puts out another advert and attracts the attention of a woman named Sara, who is the producer of an unsuccessful web series dealing with eccentric individuals that she meets through craigslist. Aaron changes his normal approach by admitting to Sara outright that he is a serial killer and will let her live for the next 24 hours as long as she makes a documentary on him. Although Sara is skeptical about Aaron telling the truth, she is still eager to work for him as she feels it will help out with her ratings and be the best finale to her show. He shows her a video of his murder of the real Aaron, although Sara isn't convinced by the footage.

Throughout the day Aaron makes numerous attempts to intimidate Sara through his odd eccentricities, although this doesn't work on her, much to his surprise and somewhat admiration. Later in the evening, Aaron attempts to stage a suicide attempt by hanging himself, which angers Sara who plans to leave. Aaron reveals that it was all a set up with the use of a harness and that he wasn't in any real danger and apologizes for scaring her. Sara forgives him and Aaron opens up on some personal details about himself, claiming that he has never kissed a woman. This creates an intimacy between the two and they share a kiss.

Aaron takes Sara into the darkened woods and plans to stage a finale for her documentary. He reveals to her a previously dug up hole, and that he has her knife that she had previously hid on her person for protection. Unexpectedly, Aaron begins to stab himself multiple times with the knife, making it clear he wants to die with her in a murder-suicide act. He hands the knife to Sara but she ends up trying to flee into the night. Aaron catches up with her and stabs her multiple times and dumps her in the hole. During a monologue to the camera, Sara emerges from the hole and hits Aaron over the head and knocks him out. She then flees to safety, assuming him to be dead.

At some point later, Aaron stalks Sara around New York City and videos her with a camera. He follows her onto a subway train, where he whistles his the tune of his Peachfuzz song, alerting her to his presence. It is later alluded to that he killed Sara in the subway.

The Creep Tapes The Creep Tapes explores Josef's other activities following the murders of Aaron and Sarah, involving numerous other victims, as strongly hinted at in the ending of the original Creep.

Season 1 In "Mike", Josef assumes the identity of aspiring actor Jeff Daniels (similar to the famous actor of the same name) and hires a filmmaker named Mike. He instructs Mike to come to a remote cabin in the woods in order to film immediately. Josef convinces Mike to stay on to film an additional scene for extra money. Mike ends up being trapped by a snowfall, forcing him to remain at Josef's cabin. He takes Mike into the woods to film another scene under the pretence that he will chase him with a rubber axe, until it turns out to be real and it dawns on Mike that "Jeff" intends to kill him. Mike attempts to gain access to his stuck car, only to be killed by Josef with the axe.

In "Elliot", a birdwatcher named Elliot comes across Josef, who claims to be an injured skydiver. They get chatting about birds and Josef claims that he has seen one of Elliot's desired birds down the road and gets Elliot to drive him there. After Elliot sees his desired bird, Josef chases down Elliot and suffocates him to death with a plastic bag.

In "Jeremy", Josef assumes the identity of a priest called Father Tom Durkin and lures an internet personality to his house. Jeremy travels here to expose the sins of the church. Jeremy comes to the conclusion that Tom is a time waster and attempts to leave, but "Tom" makes him stay, and later shows a video to Jeremy of himself being exorcised while wearing the Peachfuzz mask. "Tom" reveals that he killed the priest and assumed his position in order to honour him. He attempts to push Jeremy into receiving a baptism, but a scared Jeremy flees the scene and gets into his car, only to realise that the motor has been sabotaged. "Tom" appears and taunts Jeremy and then proceeds to break into the car and slay him.

More to be added. Season 2 In "Joseph”, Josef goes to record a video for a copycat killer who saw a dark web video of his experience with Aaron. Josef assumes the role of Aaron and recording Joseph as he recreates the original events, all the while Josef taunts and critiques him for his failed attempts at replicating him. Josef later reveals his true identity as the killer that influenced Joseph, and reveals he came looking for a potential partner, but has been left disappointed. Joseph is left feeling inadequate, and Josef tells him there's still a chance for him to do something new and unique. Josef then films Joseph as he commits suicide.

In "Wes” Josef disguises as a real estate agent named "Trip Engold” shooting a TV pilot with a man named Wes. While driving, Wes realizes that Trip is misleading him and jumps out of the car. Trip chases after him, and knocks him unconscious with a shovel. But before he could put him in the trunk, he is stopped by two police officers who suspect him of being the attacker. Trip stalls them by claiming to be a friend of Wes, and that they were attacked by a man in the woods. Wes regains consciousness, and recounts his story, seemingly proving Trip's account correct. Before they could take Wes to the hospital, Trip kills the two cops and complains about their unprofessionalism. It’s presumed he killed Wes afterwards.

In "Mark” Josef kidnaps a man named Mark and locks them up together in an underground escape room, inspired by the premises of Saw and Dexter. Pretending to be another victim, Josef and Mark work together to escape, however, he grows inpatient with Mark's dim witted nature and reveals his identity as the Killer. He also reveals that he previously intended to kidnap John Anderson, a surgeon who sexually abuses his male patients, but he instead captured Mark, his housesitting cousin. Josef abandons Mark in the escape room and kills him after he successfully escapes.

In "Ava” he poses as a man named David who owns a supposed animal shelter with anima figurines that he’s named after his past victims, including Aaron, Sara, Elliot, and Father Tom Durkin. A woman named Ava is hired to film a promotional video for his shelter, hoping to make a documentary like Tiger King. Ava records his histrionic behavior and pushes him to reveal the source of his trauma. It eventually leads him to attempt to recreate his traumatic event by dousing himself in gasoline and lighting himself on fire. Ava talks him out of it and hugs him, thinking she has helped him heal mentally. David, however, mentions she is now covered in gasoline from him, and lights her on fire.

In "Nick” he kills a therapist named Dr. Aversion and does an emergency session with his patient named Nick Green on Christmas Eve. During which, he summarizes Nick's problems as Daddy Issues, expresses disbelief that he hasn’t committed suicide yet, and recommends an experience involving Santa Claus as a father figure. He also uses this to connect to his ow childhood trauma involving his father, who may have sexually abused him. Nick attempts to flee but goes unconscious thanks to the Therapist spiking his Soy Nog. When he awakes on Christmas morning, the Therapist gifts Nick the head of his father, who he tracked down and killed prior. Nick tries to escape but trips and falls down the stairs, which presumably kills him.

In "Angela”, Josef is interrupted while torturing another of his victims by a phone call from his sister Angela. She gets him to come visit her by threatening to call the cops. He goes to Angela, who lives in a secured mansion with an ankle monitor. Through their interactions, we learn that they are brother and sister, but they got unofficially married in a backyard ceremony during their high school days. After Josef breaks a video, they made back when they were younger, they attempt to remake it. However, Josef begins to grow dissatisfied as a result of Angela drugging him with Viagra. A Handyman that Angela called over in case Josef didn’t come soon arrives to fix a toilet, and Angela starts seducing him. Josef kills the man and then attempts to leave after telling Angela that they can’t be together. However, Angela uses the remote control for the ankle monitor to electrocute herself. Josef goes to her aid, and she grabs his hand and makes him touch her breast, smiling afterwards.

Personality Josef is an obsessive psychopath who enjoys playing games with his victims. His MO is where he will lure them to secluded areas, mess with their minds and make them uncomfortable, being eventually finishing them off with a killing blow. Josef mostly likes to believe like he is insecure and emotionally unstable who is just trying to find a friend. Despite seemingly showing a sensitive side, he will then start to scare them and act impulsive, only to then apologies for his actions. He is also prone to tantrums and behaves like a man-child when things don't go his way.

In Creep 2 Josef is shown to have grown dissatisfied with killing after 25 years of operating as a serial killer and becomes suicidal. When his intended victim Sara survives his suicide pact, Josef seemingly abandons his suicidal urges. The Creep Tapes confirms that Josef happily continued carrying out his manipulation and murders of multiple people, having seemingly moved on from his depressive mid-life crisis.

With his Peachfuzz persona he acts animalistic and even more predatory and doesn't speak and instead emits intellectual growls and snarls. The Peachfuzz persona might be a split persona.

Relationships Family Unnamed father Unnamed mother Angela (sister/"wife”) Allies Mom (manipulated) 8 others "mothers" Joseph (formerly) Victims Before the series Unnamed Kidnapper - Strangled to death (mentioned by Josef to Sara in Creep 2) Unknown Man - Killed with axe (Creep DVD) Dylan - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Kate - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Sam - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. David K. - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Nicole Giddens - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Leah - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Gregory - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Amanda - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Steven - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Ross - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Helena - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Carla - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Tom - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. J.D. - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Robert - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Ted - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Hector - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Zachary - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Fernando - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Kyle - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Bob - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Cassandra - off-screen, video tape shown. Henry - off-screen, video tape shown. Joe - off-screen, video tape shown. Linda - off-screen, video tape shown. Elena - off-screen, video tape shown. Patrick - off-screen, video tape shown. Les - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Eric - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Pat - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Leslie - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Ellen - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Alice - Killed off-screen, video tape shown. Four Unknown People - Killed off-screen, video tapes shown. Creep 1 Aaron Franklin - Hacked in the head with an axe Creep 2 Dave - Throat slashed with a knife The Creep Tapes Season 1 Mike - Struck with an axe Elliot - Suffocated with plastic bag Jeremy - Axed to death Father Dom Gurkin -Killed in an unspecified manner, video shown. (Debatable) Two Unnamed Men - Killed in an unspecified manner off-screen, bodies shown Brad Branson - Beaten to death with a shovel Brandt - Axe thrown at him Unidentified victim - Stabbed to death in trunk Albert - Axed in the head The Creep Tapes Season 2 Officer Maher - Shot in face with the other officer's gun Unnamed Officer - Beaten six times on the head with a shovel Wes - Implied to be killed offscreen possibly died from seizure after being hit with shovel "Wolf Slayer" - Poisoned Mark - Axed in the face Ava - Set on fire Doctor Avison - Neck snapped Mr. Green - Killed and decapitated, head shown Unnamed Victim - Bashed to death with a shovel Unnamed Handyman - Stabbed to death Attempted Himself - Tried to hang himself - saved by Sara. He later stabs himself but doesn't bleed to death as he may have wished. (Creep 2) Nick Green - He attempts to kill Nick, but Nick falls down a flight of stairs and dies. (The Creep Tapes) Total Total - 61+ Production of Character Of the creative process for his character, Josef, Duplass explained "We were interested in the psychological profile of this very, very strange person. We were very interested in how you meet people and don’t quite understand what’s up, but you start to get signs. For us that was intense eye contact, lack of personal space, oversharing, maybe a little bit too much love here and there. But, for me, there’s something wrong with both of these guys. Deeply. This concept of, 'who is the creep in this scenario?'"