Comments on: THE COLLECTOR, Review – American Horror Worth Championing.

By: trick42

trick42 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:45:20 +0000

This is the worst type of movie that I hate watching!!!

You know, it’s that type of movie where as you’re watching it, you’re enjoying it, you’re following the story, it’s involving, it’s engrossing, you actually care about what is happening…. only to be let down by a completely pathetic ending!!!!

As a horror fan, I’ve watched many crappy horror films. But at least I know they’re crappy right from the onset. But The Collector is a movie that really riles me up!!

Up until the final act, I thought it was brilliant!! I liked the story. I liked the characters (it had a hero I could root for), I liked the horror in it, I liked the visuals, I even thought the soundtrack was great. Right up until the moment when Arkin and Hannah escape the house I would have given it 9/10.

…but then Dunstan decided to ruin all his good work. He obviously had the word ’sequel’ in his head before he had even finished filming. To make things worse, he then decided to turn his Collector into another Freddy/Jason/Myers character. Up until the final act, I could actually believe that the Collector was a human being who could be harmed and be defeated.

SPOLIER ALERT
However, as other people have mentioned, after getting about 8 knives plunged into him, he’s then able to jump in his van, chase after an ambulance, smash it off the road, and still expertly kill the paramedic and drag Arkin into his red box (btw, notice in the final shot how his van seems in perfect condition. You’d think if it had just rammed another vehicle of the road, it would at least have some damage). So in the last 10 minutes of the film, Dunsten has now turned his villain into a superhuman who is indestructible!!!

I’ve since heard that Dunsten is now planning a Collector 2. Obviously this will probably be the same thing again, but with a bigger house, bigger traps, more victims, and will probably still have the same final scene inwhich someone gets dragged into a red box. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Collector says ‘Game Over’ at the end of it all!!!

Why can’t someone just make a one off horror film anymore, that doesn’t have some daft open ending???

By: coolwong

coolwong — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:13:54 +0000

oh and every one in the movie died. that was the whole point of the movie. pretty stupid really.

By: coolwong

coolwong — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:12:36 +0000

don’t waste your time with this movie. it was stupid and pointless.

you will just feel sorry that you wasted your time that you even looked at it.

By: lbj

lbj — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:28:35 +0000

Pretty boring and plot holes galore. LittleWilly nailed it with his comment. If you’re willing to radically suspend your disbelief and don’t find the whole torture thing tedious and overdone then you might enjoy it. But as a critic said, this is like it was cooked up by a 14 year old devotee of Bloody Disgusting.

By: StevEyWeEvY

StevEyWeEvY — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:49:11 +0000

I just watched this movie last night, and I gota say this is by far the best horror movie since american pyscho. And thats my favirote movie. Iam really leaning toward the collector to even be better than that. I could not belive how great this movie was. It does kind of have a saw feel, due to the traps and ect. But this movie The Collector is way more powerfull. The killings are incerdible. And the traps are great. You get emotionally involved in the lead character (thief) and really pulling for him to save this family. Theres just so much more to say about this movie. It is a one of a kind and a movie that I will never forget. And I personally think this movie will have a long shelf life and become the next friday the 13th or Nightmare on elm street. The villian is way more scarier than both freddy and jason. You can read all my reviews and also buy new movies from me at twitter.com/steevyweevyshow

By: Karen Sweatman

Karen Sweatman — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:24:15 +0000

After reading all the reviews, I must see this movie. As a hardened horror fan, I love all horror flicks, some just more than others. Thanks for all the input!

By: David

David — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:49:42 +0000

Ok, a few points concerning the comments above about the Collector.
1.) I find it completely plausible that the collector had time to set up all of those traps. By the look of the setting, when Arkin and the other workers leave the house it seemed to be about 4 or 5 pm. Since he didn’t get to the house until about 11:00 or so, that leaves at least 6 hours for the collector to tie up the family, set up the traps, and even kick back his feet a little.
2.) I had the feeling that Hannah was hiding in the house but watching Arkin at the same time. She noticed him fleeing and, out of desperation, banged on the window.
3.) I thought the gore was actually limited considering the high level of mental psychosis that the collector possessed. In fact, the murders conducted by people the likes of John Wayne Gacy were far more grotesque than what was displayed in this film.
I agree with some posters above. This movie is a refreshing sip of water from the other mundane, “oh no I’m running through the woods and the wolfman/vampire/michael meyers/jason vorhees is coming after me!”. 5 stars.

By: Rene

Rene — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:54:13 +0000

Simple, if you are a horror fan, watch it.
Excellent thrill ride….good sense of tension and suspense, IMO.

You people actually think this is really gory? Jeez, I mean it was pretty gory, but movies like Inside (2007) are truly gory.

I do think the end was a tad extreme though. I would have liked Arkin to escape, but whatever.

Recommended to the horror fans out there and people who are down for a thrill.