2009 · horror · thriller · slasher
The Collector
Directed by Marcus Dunstan1h 30m2009
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Our read: The Collector (2009) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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How The Collector feels to watch.
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“You want lean home-invasion horror built around nasty traps and survival tension.”
Skip it tonight — Torture-trap gore will ruin your appetite; skip for something gentler.
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