Character Relationship Map: Creep

Characters

• Kate (played by Franka Potente) — protagonist

  The protagonist. A young German woman who becomes trapped in the London Underground after missing her stop. She survives a series of terrifying encounters, including a failed assault, encounters with...

• Craig (played by Sean Harris) — protagonist

  The titular antagonist. A hideously deformed and mentally ill hermit who operates a trap in the London sewers and abandoned rail lines. He captures victims, locks them in rat-infested cages, and kills...

• George (played by Vas Blackwood) — supporting

  A novice sewage worker who partners with Arthur. He enters the tunnel, finds Arthur injured, and is later captured by the killer. He survives in a cage until Kate rescues him. They escape together, bu...

• Arthur (played by Ken Campbell) — supporting

  An experienced sewage worker who explores a tunnel alone and is severely injured. His wounded body is discovered by Kate later in the sewer system, serving as an early indicator of the danger lurking...

• Guy (played by Jeremy Sheffield) — supporting

  A coworker of Kate who follows her onto the empty train. He makes unwanted advances and attempts to assault her before being violently dragged away by the killer. He briefly returns, severely bloodied...

• Mandy (played by Kelly Scott) — supporting

  A homeless woman living in the station with Jimmy and their dog. She is kidnapped after being left alone and later found unconscious by Kate and George. She is brutally murdered by Craig with a bone s...

• Jimmy (played by Paul Rattray) — supporting

  A homeless squatter living in the station with his partner and dog. He agrees to guide Kate to the night guard for money but is traumatized when Mandy is kidnapped. He later accompanies Kate through t...

• Woman (played by Kathryn Gilfeather) — supporting

  A mysterious injured woman who emerges from the tunnel while George is exploring. She cries for help before being violently dragged back into the darkness, establishing the presence of a predator in t...

• Man (played by Grant Ibbs) — supporting

  A commuter waiting for a morning train at the initially locked station. Mistaking the exhausted Kate for a beggar, he drops a coin for her, providing a brief, mundane contrast to her traumatic ordeal.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Jimmy → Mandy (Romantic Partners) — They share a domestic life before Craig separates them.

  Jimmy and Mandy are described as a homeless couple living together in a station storeroom.

• Kate → Guy (Professional Coworker) — Their workplace connection brings Guy into Kate's trapped journey.

  Guy is described as Kate's coworker and follows her onto the empty train.

• George → Craig (Power Captive And Captor) — Craig exercises physical control over George from captivity through execution.

  Craig keeps George in a semi-submerged cage, and later ambushes and kills him in the disused railcar.

• Arthur → George (Professional Work Partner) — They work together as sewage workers and share the film's opening investigation.

  Arthur and George are London sewage workers who discover a tunnel. Arthur explores it alone, and George later enters and finds him injured.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Kate → Man (Social Stranger Encounter) — Their brief encounter contrasts ordinary public life with Kate's traumatic night.

  At morning, Man mistakes exhausted Kate for a beggar and leaves a coin beside her.

• Kate → Mandy (Alliance Fellow Survivor) — Kate encounters Mandy as another victim of the underground killer.

  Kate and George find Mandy unconscious and strapped to a surgical chair in the abandoned medical facility.

• Jimmy → Craig (Conflict Avenger And Target) — Jimmy's grief turns him into a direct but unsuccessful challenger to Craig.

  After Mandy is kidnapped, Jimmy decides to face the killer and avenge her, but Craig slaughters him.

• Woman → Craig (Conflict Early Victim) — Her disappearance establishes Craig's predatory presence before he is revealed.

  The injured woman jumps out asking for help but is pulled back into the darkness by the unseen aggressor later identified as Craig.

• Woman → George (Unknown Distressed Encounter) — George witnesses the woman's attack, which confirms the tunnel's danger.

  An injured woman emerges from the tunnel while George is exploring and cries for help before being dragged back into darkness.

• Mandy → Craig (Conflict Captive And Killer) — Mandy becomes one of Craig's most direct and brutal victims.

  Craig kidnaps Mandy, straps her to a surgical chair, and kills her with a bone saw.

• Jimmy → Kate (Alliance Guide) — Jimmy provides practical assistance to Kate during their escape through the station.

  After Kate pays him, Jimmy agrees to help her reach the night guard and later accompanies her through the tunnel.

• Arthur → Craig (Conflict Victim And Killer) — Arthur is an early victim of the danger controlled by Craig.

  Arthur explores the tunnel and is later found severely injured, while Craig is identified as the killer operating beneath the station.

• Kate → George (Alliance Survival Partner) — Kate and George cooperate to escape Craig's captivity.

  Kate and George are placed in the same cage, escape together, and search the abandoned medical facility.

• Kate → Craig (Narrative Protagonist And Antagonist) — Kate is the trapped survivor opposing Craig, the killer controlling the underground lair.

  Craig captures Kate in the underground storage facility and places her in a rat-infested cage. Kate later fights him and causes his death.

Story Analysis

A trapped woman descends through London's underground horrors and must turn the killer's machinery against him to survive.

Plot Progression

1. Beneath the Station — Arthur and George discover a hidden tunnel, and the first signs of violence appear below London. Kate then becomes trapped overnight in Charing Cross station after falling asleep on the platform.
2. The Empty Train — Kate boards an empty train that stops in darkness, where Guy threatens her and is dragged away. His bloody warning confirms that a hidden predator is stalking the underground.
3. Shelter and Loss — Kate meets Jimmy and Mandy and pays Jimmy to guide her toward help. The guard is killed, Mandy is kidnapped, and Jimmy's grief turns the escape into a revenge mission.
4. The Cages Below — Kate discovers Arthur's body and is captured by Craig in a storage facility filled with cages. She escapes with George and witnesses Craig murder Mandy in the abandoned medical facility.
5. Chain Against the Creep — Craig kills George in the railcar where he lives, leaving Kate alone for the final confrontation. Kate uses a hook, chain, and moving train to kill Craig before returning to the station at dawn.