The Collection (2012)
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 30
The Collection offers more grisly thrills and twisted humor than its predecessor; in other words, fun for genre fans, but unpleasant for anyone else.
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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Movie Info
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.
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Cast
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Emma Fitzpatrick
Elena -
Josh Stewart
Arkin -
Christopher McDonald
Elena's Father, Mr. Pet... -
Lee Tergesen
Lucello -
Navi Rawat
Lisa -
Johanna E. Braddy
Missy Solomon -
Daniel Sharman
Basil -
Randall Archer
The Collector -
Andre Royo
Wally -
Erin Way
Abby -
Brandon Molale
Lin -
Justin Mortelliti
Zack -
Shannon Kane
Paz -
William Peltz
Brian -
Eaddy Mays
Lynn -
Tim Griffin
Dre -
Michael Nardelli
Josh -
Robert Pralgo
Doctor -
Mel Fair
Male TV Reporter -
Anne Marie Howard
Female Reporter -
Tracy Kay
Pink -
Massi Furlan
Cop at the Hospital -
Valeri Rogers
Dancer -
Elizabeth Davidovich
Raver -
Courtney Lauren Cummings
Young Elena -
Arlon Reston
Lisa -
Tabitha Minchew
Club Victim -
Michael H. Cole
Older Man -
Jilian McLendon
Rave Dancer -
Brian Hite
Raver Couple -
David Fritsch
S.W.A.T Team Member -
Laura Marion
Cheryl
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All Critics (48) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (30)
Just a pointless exercise in sadism.
People in Hollywood need to work and surely "The Collection" created a lot of jobs, but there must be a better way.
Dull and repetitive, even by the standards of an already repetitive genre.
Melton and Dunstan have created little more than a hollow shell for an empty box.
There's a bad movie every week, but it takes a special one to make you start anticipating the decline of Western civilization.
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.
Top CriticMuch splattery nonsense ensues -- some of it rather unpleasantly sadistic, and none of it particularly clever.
Most of the rampant gore effects are too sloppy to be interesting...
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.
Not scary but rather is just a disgusting exercise in gore, dismemberment and bloodletting.
Just buckets of the same old boring gore.
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.
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.
things quickly reach a level of silliness that fits more in a comedy or spoof than an actual horror film
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.
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.
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.
While I'm not entirely sure that it makes much sense, I had a great time with its ultraviolent concoction of b-movie frippery.
Not for the squeamish and is definitely for those that can handle a lot of sick and twisted violence. Recommended for true torture porn fans.
A rare sequel that ably tops the original in just about every department.
Dunstan mistakes unpleasantness for fear, reveling in gore for its own sake and destroying any anticipation or suspense in the bargain.
Audience Reviews for The Collection
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- Arkin: Be careful. It's built like a maze, the whole place is rigged.
- Lucello: That's why you're leading us in.
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- Arkin: [after being handed a small flashlight for protection] Are you kidding me?
- Lucello: No.
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- Lucello: He's agreed to take us to the girl.
- Elena's Father: And the police?
- Lucello: They had their chance. What this man deserves is beyond the law.
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- Arkin: What makes you think you'll find him when the cops can't?
- Lucello: Because I'm willing to do the things they won't.
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- The Collector: Are you going to kill me?
- Arkin: No. That'd be too nice.
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- Lucello: Was she alive?
- Arkin: Last time I saw her.
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