The Collector

I hate movies with no ending, when you start something, you gotta end it, you showed us the wife that had to pay loan sharks, what happened to her? you didn't have the imagination to show us, what did the police do after the hero was sent by ambulance? you didn't have the imagination to show us. The collector keeps collecting people, what should happen in the end? Somebody must find about him and stop him, this is exactly the reason why you make movies, unless you want to encourage the future generation to become collectors as well, you don't just allow a movie to end mysteriously like that. This is the most horrible way to end a movie, and this movie is definitely not one of those that one would wish to have a DVD of and watch twice or thrice.

I came across this film by accident, I didn't read anything up on this, and as the film started to pan out it seemed like this was going to be a run of the mill heist type of film, with the added cliché of a father trying to dote on his daughter, with a angry ex-wife. I was soon mistaken and taken into what can only be described as Saw meets the cube, The easy heist changes to a deadly game of cat and mouse amongst a house laden with traps set by an unknown masked man, who doesn't seem to talk and has these really creepy eyes that, is he a deranged psycho killer, or a demon? no one knows. Twits and turns as the crook tries to sneak his way out, he gains a conscience and tries to help others that have been captured. The motive for the masked man is apparently unknown, maybe he gets a kick out of it. This film is a mix of Hostel meets Saw with a hint of the cube.

After lengthy credits and unnecessarily long prologue, the hell gets loose in the huge housing. At first, it is almost a silent movie with horrifying background noises and music, then cat-and-mouse play becomes more intensive. Tense and horror are mostly present and comprehensible, some scenes could have be shorter though... The ending (for some reason or other, between credits) leads viewers to an imminent sequel - which was created last year. In fact, I saw The Collection prior to The Collector and, in my opinion, the sequel is slightly better - due to more people fighting with the maniac. The movie in question is virtually an one-man-show. As for the cast, it is rather mediocre, apart from the leading performer Josh Stewart perhaps; but Karley Scott Collins as Hannah is not plausible at all... But if you like such kind of movies, both series are for you.

The Collector is an awesome, suspenseful, thrilling, scary, chilling, claustrophobic, gory and terrifying horror thriller! With very good acting by the lead actor(although he looks high in parts LOL). Daniella Alonso was wasted here, i think she could have done more! The killer was terrifying and scary and gave a great performance, too. The little girl was very good, too. The house, the set were all good. The atmosphere was good cause the movie felt terrifying and claustrophobic but the movie was too dark in parts and thats probably the only thing i didn't like much. The story was great and original and its not like SAW exactly, its pretty original and intense as hell!!! U will b on the edge of your seat. This movie is very scary and intense and well acted. So, this is definitely in my list of best horror films i have seen this year! I loved it! I gave it a very solid 8.5/10.

That had me wanting to watch it really but it was the way the killings happened that made me enjoy it most i like puzzle, trap, game type killings so i liked it check it out if you like those types of movies

As I have said before I rate horror movies a little higher than I should. Mainly because I am overly forgiving on a genre I am desperate to love as well as the grading curve being lower. A lot more average and below average movies means, in my view a higher rating for the better ones as they are compared to each other rather than movies of other genres. After reading the many sparkling reviews for this film I was eager to see it. I must also admit that as I get older my enthusiasm for violence and gore on the screen diminishes. Things that I would eagerly watch when I was 20 I would now need to turn away or close my eyes while making small squeaking sounds. The violence in this movie was extreme and I found myself unable to watch fragments. It's saving grace is the intelligence behind some of the scenarios. In the end I found myself disappointed, regarding this movie as nothing special that stood out from the crowd.

I love good horror movies. There are many really great horror movies that are a classics now - like, Psycho, or Saw series. There are rather OK movies, like Elm Street series or Hellraiser. There are bad movies, like The Descent. And then, voilà, bingo, there is The Collector, beyond all the boundaries of any taste, any merit or any logic. I hate so much blood and flesh ripped in movies. It never is good or logical. it simply is gory or terrible. Here we see all the imaginable methods of killings, and why? What is the point? The main hero is a bleary-eyed pedophile-to-be man, who is neither sensible nor sympathetic. Okay, he tries to save his family, but the way he does is not any merit again. And then, there are those traps and needles and scissors in that house - why? What for?? Any idea? Why does that all happen? Why are there so many stupid plot holes? Why they want to make a sequel? Oh, my!!