The Collector

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The Collector

R

Released Jul 31, 2009

1h 28m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Desperate for money to pay off a debt, a man targets a wealthy family's home and plans to break in and steal a valuable gem. He soon learns that he picked the wrong night to carry out his plans, for a masked madman has gotten there first, imprisoned the family, and lined the mansion with deadly traps.

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Critics Consensus

Increasingly tedious displays of gore makes this torture porn home-invasion-horror more programmatic than provocative.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Relentlessly bloody and just as relentlessly idiotic deathtrap thriller for the Saw crowd.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 30, 2010

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This is a crass, silly and baffling slice of torture porn -- with the audience being tortured, chiefly with boredom.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 25, 2010

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Kat Halstead

Little White Lies

It's a truly creepy concept which, inevitably, leaves room for a sequel.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 25, 2010

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

After years of being punished with Saw sequels, The Collector manages to offer up a more compelling version of a similar formula, while adding a home-invasion spin to the terror.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

You can’t laugh at it. It won’t scare you. So the only reason to watch is for a gore fix.

Rated: 0.5/4

Sep 4, 2023

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

For horror fans hoping to find a new slasher to engage with, The Collector is not likely the answer.

Rated: 1.5/4

Dec 6, 2022

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Jason W

First off, hated the animal murder parts, just for those who are like me and dislike animal harm, 2 scenes, not long but it's in there. Kind of like Home Alone meets Saw. If Kevin McAllister grew up to be a more psycho version of John Kramer. The whole movie is inspired by Saw from the green hue lighting and grainy film, to the music and traps. The main character is actually pretty good and likable. Very gory, the kills are decent. Mask is cool. Horrible cgi bugs and it was quite obvious at the start who the killer was going to be.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Audience Member

This movie is one of the most thrilling experiences ever. The gore, traps and characters are very good. I really liked it. Ending was a bit weak but rest is beatiful!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/29/24

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Alexis J

Home Alone for adults that like gore and industrial music and grainy camera

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/12/24

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Charles C

With fairly enjoyable lead character, a horror icon that has potential, gruesome gore effects and eerie lighting, make horror version of home alone a underrated horror gem.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/31/24

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Jules N

Un film qui ne réinvente pas le genre et qui utilise ce qui fonctionnait le mieux à l'époque (torture-porn), mais qui à l'honneur de bien le faire. Une ambiance très oppressante et glauque est assez vite mise en place. De plus le concept du collectionneur est plutôt original mais sera surtout approfondi dans le second film… Très bon film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/03/24

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Priyan B

Felt a bit stretched at the end and I don't like the ending but overall movie is decent.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/20/24

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Synopsis

Desperate for money to pay off a debt, a man targets a wealthy family's home and plans to break in and steal a valuable gem. He soon learns that he picked the wrong night to carry out his plans, for a masked madman has gotten there first, imprisoned the family, and lined the mansion with deadly traps.

Director: Marcus Dunstan
Producer: Brett Forbes, Julie Richardson, Patrick Rizzotti
Screenwriter: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: Fortress Features
Rating: R (Perv. Sadistic Bloody Violence|Language|Some Sexuality/Nudity)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 31, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 6, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.7M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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