The Collector

The Collector (2009)

  • 29% of critics liked it
    (65 reviews)

  • 48% of users liked it
    (60,640 ratings)

After a stint in prison, Arkin (Josh Stewart) finds employment as a handyman. But Arkin decides to rob his boss in order to repay his ex-wife (Daniella Alonso). Venturing to his employer's remote country house to make the heist, he soon finds himself -- as well as the boss' family -- at the mercy of… More

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R, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By
Marcus Dunstan
Written By
Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
Jul 31, 2009 Wide
On DVD
Apr 6, 2010
Freestyle Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    Watching The Collector becomes an experience not so much of dread as big virtual ouches.

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    If you didn't already know The Collector was written by two Saw franchise hacks, and directed by one of them, it would soon become as obvious as a fish hook to the face.

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    A sub-Saw knockoff that manages to be brutal yet monotonous, not to mention monstrously unpleasant.

  • Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

    One of the more doltish entries in the torture subgenre.

  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

    One trap leaves a woman impaled on a movie screen, producing an image that succinctly if literally sums up a genre's cynicism.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    The Collector is one messed up horror film. The film makes Saw look like a Disney film. Almost. This horror effort is a new breed of the "torture porn" genre of horror. The concept is terrific. The film takes ideas from the Saw franchise and amplifies the use of the traps… More

  • Justin Y


    Marcus Dunstan knows what he wants out of this film, but <i>The Collector</i> is definitely only for a selected audience.<p><i>The Collector</i> is just under 90 minutes and it really is a sick and torturous journey getting through it. Aside from some… More

  • Emily A


    Hmm. This movie is quite the curveball. I bought it dirt cheap and didn't have very high expectations, but it turned out to be genuinely quite frightening. I like the premise: a guy happens to burgle a house on the same night as the family living there is being attacked by a...… More

  • Derek A


    Stylish and well-acted, but the story is riddled with holes and takes a nose dive in the final act. I hope someone rewrites this one day because it's a very good idea. And that music was pretty damn intense and scary.

  • Dean !


    I thought this was a decent horror/thriller with a good plot base even if the story side is quite thin. From the writers of the Saw films and it shows in some of the intricate death traps in the house. Bloody and mildly gory briefly it certainly creates plenty of tension. If you like… More

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