The Collector

Audience Reviews

View More

nick s Nov 17 Intriguing film with two great young actors. Quite a long runtime so it drags a little for periods, but worth being patient with. The film never quite slips into predictable tropes. Very well directed. See more Mark B Sep 30 Abused, lonely children who grow up as misfits turn into characters like Freddie Clegg, brilliantly portrayed by Terence Stamp, who then in turn, when they grow up and happen to have money and power, like to do nasty things. Samantha Eggar ended up as Clegg's kidnap victim, or should that be the prize specimen for his butterfly collection. This type of film portrays many a modern-day relationship..... the woman trapped by some psycho male who should have been locked up in Broadmoor years ago, a bullying, sadistic male who refuses to let the female go because he simply knows no other way of having a 'relationship. Terence Stamp, take a bow for taking on this most hideous of characters. ` See more Alec B 01/10/2024 Stamp and Eggar keep the movie grounded whenever it threatens to jettison all believability. Also, I appreciate that they kept the cynical ending. See more JJJJJJ J 12/04/2023 The premise of the film seems very basic. Man kidnaps women locks her in room where she can't get out. The plot would usually turn to her trying to get out before realizing that its better to try to appease him/get on his good side so she can trick him and escape. However this is not where the film goes. Instead the film creates a more complex kidnapper uses this to explore the relationship between the two. The complexity of the kidnapper is what drives this film but the evolution of the kidnapped and her psyche are what keeps it interesting. There are some interesting parallels to those in abusing and controlling relationships. Where this film falls flat is in how this story is told. It just was not well done visually and some scenes/shots just felt to long for me. I didn't get a lot of sleep last night so maybe I was just tired but I felt it was just not that engaging from an emotional level. Overall I think this is good watch for fan's of 'exploration of the psychopath' plot and those that enjoy the 1960s aesthetic otherwise its probably a skip. See more red t 09/23/2022 An Underrated Classic Thriller. Acting was very good with a very unique awkward chemistry between the two leads that I haven't seen before a lot. The Editing was excellent in this. The Music was very good also being very charmingly creepy. The plot is very simple and tension is consistently kept as 90% of the movie is in one location with a lot of layered interactions to provide solid depth. The Cinematography was very subtle with tons of panning, close up, slight zoom in and deep focus all very well done which is a hallmark of all Wyler films. Really there is only two slight problems I had with this. The pacing was very good overall being consistent throughout the entire run time but in a thriller I expect the pacing to get more frantic as the plot progresses and that really never happened and it felt like a let down somewhat. This would've been fixed if the acting would've been phenomenal which I felt it never crossed into for me but came close at times. Definitely worth a watch if you a fan of thrillers, William Wyler, or 60's movies in general. A Classic Of It's Era For Sure! See more 08/21/2021 I read the book years ago and from what I remember this follows the storyline very closely. Both actors do a great job, obviously having already read the book it does spoil the film as the ending is already known. The tension is present, the cat-and-mouse is present. It a great film which deserves more attention and play time as it is never on TV. See more Read all reviews

The Collector

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Most Popular at Home Now