The Collector

The Collector (2009)

  • 31% of critics liked it
    (68 reviews)

  • 48% of users liked it
    (62,111 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… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
Jul 31, 2009 Wide
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.

  • David Fear, Time Out New York

    This is the sort of cheap bilking that separates completists from masochists; the brief suffering onscreen is nothing compared with the agony scary-movie buffs will feel after being so thoroughly cheated.

  • Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

    One of the more doltish entries in the torture subgenre.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Josh L


    An incredibly gory horror movie that puts Saw to shame in that particular category. I never flinched while watching those films, but this one got to me several times. It has a cool premise (guy breaks into a house to steal something to pay off loan sharks and finds that someone has… More

  • Eugene B


    It may live up to its pervasive and grotesque spectacle to stun horror/gore fans, but the film's predictability and misguided plot makes this 'Saw'-esque (Writers of Saw IV, V & VI) story nothing but blood and spark rather than provoking and fire. 2/5

  • 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

  • JY S


    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

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