The Creepy Guy Returns is a short film directed, produced, written and edited by Scott Pincus. It served as Scott's second Video Applications project, and the sequel to How to Avoid a Creepy Guy in the Woods. Gabe Sagherian and Scott reprise their roles as Gabe and The Creepy Guy in the Woods, respectively. The film follows Gabe, as he returns to the walking trail a week after the first film to face his fear of The Creepy Guy.
The film was shot on April 19, and released several weeks later on May 9. A third film, The Search for the Creepy Guy in the Woods, was released a month later on June 13.
Plot[]
A week after his first encounter with The Creepy Guy, Gabe returns to the woods to overcome his fear of his mysterious masked assailant. Though he's initially hesitant, Gabe ultimately enters the walking trail. While walking through the woods, once again the foliage surrounding Gabe rustles violently, and he turns to find The Creepy Guy standing before him. Gabe runs through the woods, with The Creepy Guy in pursuit. Eventually he runs back onto the trail, although he trips on a rock and is knocked unconscious by The Creepy Guy.
Gabe wakes up outside of the walking trail, unharmed - the events that just transpired were likely a dream, having passed out at the walking trail's entrance. Frustrated and frightened, Gabe heads off to find The Creepy Guy, and soon arrives outside an elementary school. He finds an apple sitting outside the school, and moments later The Creepy Guy finds him. He pursues Gabe onto the playground, teleporting around and tormenting him before truly knocking him unconscious.
Sometime later, Gabe awakens in a dark room, his mouth and wrists bound in duck tape. He hears loud footsteps coming from across the room. As he squirms in terror, the footsteps get louder and faster.
Production[]
On April 3, 2014, Scott confirmed that he's cancelled his planned thriller project, which would use How to Avoid a Creepy Guy in the Woods as inspiration. Instead, he has confirmed that he is very interested in making a sequel to the film. When it was announced that there would be two Video Applications projects before the end of the school year, Scott decided that he would take the opportunity to make the sequel. The project was focused on the student making a skill-check video, in which they had to display a score of camera techniques.
Scott Pincus and Gabe Sagherian were confirmed to be in the sequel, and Russell Parkinson, who played Russell Griffin in Jurassic Shark II: The Retribution, was initially confirmed as well. On April 9, Scott revealed the film's title as The Creepy Guy Returns, and on April 13 he confirmed the script is complete. Filming took place on April 19. The same day, it was confirmed that Russell Parkinson would not appear in the sequel for scheduling reasons, leaving the film to focus on its original two cast members. Despite Russell's departure, filming went on as planned. Scott officially confirmed that the film will be released on May 9.
On April 24, Scott released the film's official poster, and confirmed it has a running time of approximately 15 minutes. The film's official trailer was released on April 24, and the film itself was released on May 9.
Sequels[]
See The Search for the Creepy Guy in the Woods and The Legend of the Creepy Guy in the Woods
Trivia[]
- This is the only film in the series that doesn't feature the character of Scott, who has varying roles in the first, third and fourth films.