The latest episode of the found footage horror series The Creep Tapes delivers one of the most intense and unpredictable chapters yet. In Season 2 Episode 2, the serial killer known as Peachfuzz adopts a new disguise, luring a film school graduate into a terrifying situation that escalates into bloody chaos. The episode, titled “Wes,” premiered on November 21, 2025, on Shudder and AMC+.
Peachfuzz’s New Persona
The episode introduces Peachfuzz in his latest disguise as Trip Engold, a real estate agent claiming to produce a pilot for a house-flipping show. Mark Duplass once again transforms completely for the role, this time sporting a slicked-down middle part to embody the unsettling character. The victim is Wes, a film school graduate drowning in student debt and desperate for work, played by guest star Diego Josef.
Wes arrives at a cottage after seeing Trip’s advertisement. He immediately voices his frustration about his financial situation, even zooming his camera in on Peachfuzz’s face in the ad and muttering, “God, what a f loser, kill me.” Trip Engold appears behind him, startling him and immediately establishing a creepy, controlling dynamic. He tells Wes the first house is already sold but offers him another project, all while delivering bizarre monologues about the importance of professionalism.
A Flipped Script and a Deadly Chase
The episode takes a unique turn when Wes’s suspicion grows during a car ride to the next location. He discovers a shovel and a plastic tarp in the backseat, and when Trip gives wild excuses, Wes becomes alarmed. He demands to be let out of the car and, in a break from the series’ usual format, attempts to flee into the nearby woods. Peachfuzz pursues him, eventually finding Wes hiding behind a tree and hitting him with the shovel, knocking him unconscious.
Just as Peachfuzz is wrapping the injured Wes in the tarp to put him in the trunk, two police officers arrive on the scene. This confrontation marks a first for the series, forcing the killer to operate outside his controlled environment and think on his feet.
A Master Manipulator at Work
With the police detaining him, Peachfuzz quickly crafts a fake story, claiming that a different real estate agent was the one who attacked Wes and fled into the woods. He attempts to sweet-talk the officers, maintaining his “Trip Engold” persona. The tension builds as Wes regains consciousness and is questioned while Peachfuzz stands ominously behind him. Wes, disoriented and injured, describes his attacker as wearing a black outfit and being a real estate agent, which temporarily aligns with Peachfuzz’s fabricated story.
The situation reaches a critical point when Wes vomits blood and suffers a seizure, requiring immediate medical attention. As the cops call for backup and place Wes in their patrol car, they order Peachfuzz to follow them. In a shocking and brutal sequence, Peachfuzz seizes the opportunity. He asks one officer to step out of the car and then attacks him with the shovel. He then takes the injured officer’s gun and shoots the other cop still in the vehicle. The episode ends with Peachfuzz brutally ensuring there are no witnesses, killing three people in total.
Behind the Scenes of a Tense Episode
The creators of the series, Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, explained the motivation behind this tense episode. Brice shared that they wanted to confront a question fans often ask: “how is this guy able to get away with all this terrible stuff and not get caught?” He stated:
โRather than this being something to avoid, we thought it would be fun to confront this challenge head on. What would happen if Mark’s character found himself in a situation where he could potentially get caught, and how fun would it be to watch him use this skill setโฆ to get out of that situation?โ
This new scenario also allowed the production to experiment with the show’s visual style. The found footage is expanded through the use of police dashcams and body cams. Patrick Brice noted, โThis aesthetic is all too familiar in our culture, and in using a lens in which normally we are being confronted with trauma, it felt almost punk rock to try and reclaim this look for ourselves.โ
Mark Duplass called this episode a pivotal one for the series, saying, โThis was the first episode we designed that tried to throw the conceit of the show on its head. Not just from a story structure standpoint, but also visually. It was not easy to make, but holy shit was it fun.โ
For guest star Diego Josef, working on the series was a dream come true. He admitted there was a moment on set where he thought, “I might actually die today,” praising Duplass and Brice as “masters at holding tension for an audience.”
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Credits: Fangoria, Rotten Tomatoes
