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The Collector

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Desperate for money to pay off a debt, a man targets a wealthy family's home and plans to break in and steal a valuable gem. He soon learns that he picked the wrong night to carry out his plans, for a masked madman has gotten there first, imprisoned the family, and lined the mansion with deadly traps.
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Critics Consensus

Increasingly tedious displays of gore makes this torture porn home-invasion-horror more programmatic than provocative.

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Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) Jun 30, 2010
1/5
Relentlessly bloody and just as relentlessly idiotic deathtrap thriller for the Saw crowd. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Jun 25, 2010
1/5
This is a crass, silly and baffling slice of torture porn -- with the audience being tortured, chiefly with boredom. Go to Full Review Kat Halstead Little White Lies Jun 25, 2010
3/5
It's a truly creepy concept which, inevitably, leaves room for a sequel. Go to Full Review Sydney Lee Horror Movie Talk Dec 4, 2025
7/10
It’s fun, it’s inventive, there are a lot of unexpected twists and turns that keep you captivated... If you like gore, if you like interesting kills and action packed scary movies, this one’s for you. Go to Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 20, 2023
4/5
After years of being punished with Saw sequels, The Collector manages to offer up a more compelling version of a similar formula, while adding a home-invasion spin to the terror. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Sep 4, 2023
0.5/4
You can’t laugh at it. It won’t scare you. So the only reason to watch is for a gore fix. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Long F @Longfella 3 days ago Not even worth writing a review. See more B P @Bradster69 Aug 31, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Alex D. @RT24918759 May 24, 2026 The traps and the dark and stormy night make the collector super scary See more Jorge H @jorge02 Apr 11, 2026 Thr torture scenes and action of the movie makes it scary enough to deliver good thrills See more Stanny R @StannyMC Feb 28, 2026 Not bad but gets repetitive after a while. Some fun effects going off but the story is generic and the motive ill-explained. See more Oaklee D @ODie63 Feb 2, 2026 As far as the torture porn horror subgenre goes, you could do a lot worse than this wannabe saw spinoff. See more Read all reviews
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Marcus Dunstan

Director

Josh Stewart

Arkin

Michael Reilly Burke

Michael

Andrea Roth

Victoria

Daniella Alonso

Lisa

Madeline Zima

Jill

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Movie Info

Synopsis Desperate for money to pay off a debt, a man targets a wealthy family's home and plans to break in and steal a valuable gem. He soon learns that he picked the wrong night to carry out his plans, for a masked madman has gotten there first, imprisoned the family, and lined the mansion with deadly traps.
Director
Marcus Dunstan
Producer
Brett Forbes, Julie Richardson, Patrick Rizzotti
Screenwriter
Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Distributor
Freestyle Releasing
Production Co
Fortress Features
Rating
R (Perv. Sadistic Bloody Violence|Language|Some Sexuality/Nudity)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 31, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 6, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.7M
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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