The Creep Tapes Season 3 Review: Mark Duplass Dives Even Deeper Into the Madness

We’ve seen surprising franchises emerge from streaming, but few have been as strange as Creep. Before expanding to Shudder with The Creep Tapes, a second movie released to critical acclaim, with indie darling Mark Duplass as a mask-wearing serial killer. With The Creep Tapes Season 3, the three-season series has been a big win for all involved, giving horror fans a yearly return to the strange killer occasionally known as Peachfuzz. Duplass and director Patrick Brice continue to build on their unique horror show, embracing the quirky tone.

What is The Creep Tapes Season 3 about?

The adventures of “the killer,” who occasionally goes by the name “Peachfuzz” are split across six episodes. Using anthology storytelling, we see Duplass’ strange serial killer take on new challenges in different settings. Duplass poses as an ultra-wealthy elite businessman in one story, while another sees him reenacting a world-famous sex tape. With great guest stars (Katie Siegel, James Earl, Chris Gethard, Rehka Shankar, Jeffrey Self, Ora Duplass, Elliott Fullman), and ties back to previous tapes in the franchise, the series has plenty of great stories to tell.

Other episodes provide lore on Duplass’ character. One episode flashes back decades, while another explores his mental battle within himself. One crime even leads directly into an earlier episode from the series. Creating a denser, more interconnected mythology helps The Creep Tapes stay intriguing, instead of leaning on random encounters for every episode.

The world-building matters because Duplass commits

In every episode of The Creep Tapes Season 3, you wonder if this is the moment that “Peachfuzz” will finally get taken down. It feels like this is the moment he’s overextended himself, and we’re mere moments from him getting his just deserts. And yet, Duplass sells this created tension because of his total commitment to The Creep Tapes project. Part of the humor, and part of the tension, is that this killer loves to play with his victims. In this case, he’s playing with the audience as well.

You can tell Duplass is still finding new ideas within the character in Creep Tapes as well. While a third season and two movies might feel like it’s enough, I want to watch him find new moments with Peachfuzz forever. Duplass combines his brilliant comedic charm with some genuinely unnerving storytelling beats to create a tragic, electric performance. Yet most important of all, Duplass is having real fun.

His co-stars this season come to play. The standout will be Siegel, whose character is larger-than-life and features one of the strangest turns for The Creep Tapes so far. She brings her considerable experience in the horror genre, from Hush to The House of Usher, and still finds a uniquely sad character in the tale. Siegel is overqualified for the role (like David Dastmalchian last season), but her willingness to dive into the darkness makes for its own compelling watch.

The episode that follows Ora Duplass and Elliott Fullman has its own challenges. Both young performers are game for some truly demented moments of storytelling. Fullman’s already found himself on the receiving end of Art the Clown’s debauchery before. Yet they create a tale that is almost more harrowing than anything we’ve seen yet, leaving you with genuine terror by the end of the episode.

The Creep Tapes is Duplass and Patrick Brice’s baby, and their willingness to dive into the extremely bleak world where their character exists makes the series one of horror’s most unique experiences. It’s unclear when, if ever, we will see a franchise that can move back and forth from film to TV, and one does wonder if The Creep Tapes ever needs to go back to the big screen.

However, even in these digestable and pointed stories, there is still hope that Duplass and Brice find the tale worth expanding. Each of the first two films still gives more unique character moments than any of the episodes of The Creep Tapes so far, and we hope that audiences will not balk when Duplass and Brice eventually return to the longer medium.

To its credit, Brice has found new ways to tell the stories with digital cameras. The most obvious example comes in episode 2, where cell phone footage and more portable devices allow Peachfuzz to go to New York City. There is still the chaos you’d expect from our disturbed protagonist, even when people think they’ve seen everything the city can throw at them. The storyline also offers intriguing underlying stories about brutality and the lack of assistance given to men of color, making The Creep Tapes one of its most socially conscious episodes to date.

Is The Creep Tapes Season 3 worth watching?

Yes, The Creep Tapes Season 3 is another winner for the franchise. The horror series has found it’s footing on TV, and this most recent batch of episodes is creative in the ways that it uses new cameras and techniques to help us inhabit the world. With more great guest stars and some more lore thrown in there, it’s a fun time to catch Duplass and Brice push the boundaries of found footage.

The Creep Tapes Season 3 airs on Shudder starting September 15, 2026.

The Creep Tapes Season 3 Review: Mark Duplass Dives Even Deeper Into the Madness