The Collection

The Collection (2012)

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Average Rating: 4.1/10
Reviews Counted: 46
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 29

The Collection offers more grisly thrills and twisted humor than its predecessor; in other words, fun for genre fans, but unpleasant for anyone else.

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Average Rating: 3.4/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 10

The Collection offers more grisly thrills and twisted humor than its predecessor; in other words, fun for genre fans, but unpleasant for anyone else.

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When Elena's (Emma Fitzpatrick) friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he's transformed into his own private maze of torture and death. Upon learning of his daughter's disappearance, Elena's wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector.

R, 1 hr. 22 min.

Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton

Mar 26, 2013

$6.8M

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Critic Reviews for The Collection

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All Critics (47) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (29)

Just a pointless exercise in sadism.

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: New York Times
Nicole Herrington
New York Times
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People in Hollywood need to work and surely "The Collection" created a lot of jobs, but there must be a better way.

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: Detroit News
Adam Graham
Detroit News
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Dull and repetitive, even by the standards of an already repetitive genre.

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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Melton and Dunstan have created little more than a hollow shell for an empty box.

November 29, 2012 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
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There's a bad movie every week, but it takes a special one to make you start anticipating the decline of Western civilization.

November 29, 2012 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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More than anything, the sequel feels like an excuse for Dunstan and his effects team to see how creative they can be in the bloody killing of people using pointy metal objects.

November 29, 2012 Full Review Source: Associated Press
Associated Press
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Most of the rampant gore effects are too sloppy to be interesting...

December 22, 2012 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

An exercise in pure sadism, The Collection moves at a clip that leaps over plot holes in its race to elicit fright. No weighty psychology or physical logic freights this enterprise.

December 7, 2012 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Not scary but rather is just a disgusting exercise in gore, dismemberment and bloodletting.

December 6, 2012 Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

Just buckets of the same old boring gore.

December 6, 2012 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix
Brett Michel
Boston Phoenix

Comes off as a disappointment, failing to live up to its sequel potential by advancing the conflict and expanding murderous appetites in an exciting, imaginative manner.

December 4, 2012 Full Review Source: Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Blu-ray.com

The Collection is one of those horror films that really makes you sound like a deranged psychopath for recommending, but demands to be spread like a mind-controlling plague.

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: We Got This Covered
Matt Donato
We Got This Covered

things quickly reach a level of silliness that fits more in a comedy or spoof than an actual horror film

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

The Collection is not going to win over gore film skeptics - and that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's an unapologetic celebration of splatter cinema.

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: ScreenRant
Ben Kendrick
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The Collection never hits audiences in the stomach with any immediate sense of danger, and the dialogue and most of the performances feel entirely too campy for the movie to actually be taken seriously. Maybe that is the point, but I don't think so.

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: Austin American-Statesman
Matthew Odam
Austin American-Statesman

The Collection is brainless, inconsistent, and full of holes. It does offer a ton of gore, but there is absolutely nothing else to enjoy here other than that.

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: Examiner.com
Chris Sawin
Examiner.com

While I'm not entirely sure that it makes much sense, I had a great time with its ultraviolent concoction of b-movie frippery.

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: CraveOnline
William Bibbiani
CraveOnline

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01/02/2013 (Online)
February 4, 2013
EightThirty
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The Collection is one of those sequels that simply builds on the first film, and reinvents the formula to create something special. This is the sequel to The Collector, and features the titular character doing what he does best, collects bodies. This is a fun, entertaining splatter fest that will surely appeal to fans of the original, and this is just as good in terms of a good mindless horror yarn. In terms of original ideas, the film really is a refreshing take on what the first one did, and expands on the story. This is a very entertaining film that will surely delight horror fans. The film has everything that made the first one so much fun. This is a disturbing, twisted ride that has enough tricks up its sleeves to make it a worthwhile second feature. The gore and traps are the standouts of this film, and aside from the Saw films, The Collector along with this sequel are the best in the Torture Porn genre. This is one of those films that will only appeal to fans of said genre, as really this isn't for the faint of heart. Although it doesn't reinvent the genre entirely, there are still plenty of good ideas on-screen to make The Collection a good film to watch. Fans will love this one and The Collector is as twisted as ever as he is know a serial killer and hunted down by the authorities. Director Michael Dunstan does a good with this entry and though it has its faults, this is an exercise in demented horror that pays off due to its strong sense of visuals and kills that is a must for any demanding horror fan. The Collection is a good sequel that is on par with the original and delivers everything that you'd expect from this twisted series.
December 13, 2012
TheDudeLebowski65
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

The Collection Quotes

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    1. Arkin: Be careful. It's built like a maze, the whole place is rigged.
    2. Lucello: That's why you're leading us in.
    – Submitted by Robert B (45 days ago)
    1. Arkin: [after being handed a small flashlight for protection] Are you kidding me?
    2. Lucello: No.
    – Submitted by Robert B (45 days ago)
    1. Lucello: He's agreed to take us to the girl.
    2. Elena's Father: And the police?
    3. Lucello: They had their chance. What this man deserves is beyond the law.
    – Submitted by Robert B (50 days ago)
    1. Arkin: What makes you think you'll find him when the cops can't?
    2. Lucello: Because I'm willing to do the things they won't.
    – Submitted by Robert B (50 days ago)
    1. The Collector: Are you going to kill me?
    2. Arkin: No. That'd be too nice.
    – Submitted by Robert B (50 days ago)
    1. Lucello: Was she alive?
    2. Arkin: Last time I saw her.
    – Submitted by Robert B (2 months ago)

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