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The Collection

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A young woman named Elena sneaks out of her house one night to attend an exclusive party, unaware of the horror that awaits her. A sick criminal known as The Collector crashes the party in search of fresh victims. When Elena goes into hiding, she finds and frees Arkin, The Collector's captive. Arkin manages to escape, but Elena is taken prisoner. A mercenary friend of Elena's father then forces Arkin to come along on a mission to free the young woman.
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Critics Consensus

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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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Dec 7, 2012
1/5
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. Go to Full Review Nicole Herrington New York Times Nov 30, 2012
1/5
Just a pointless exercise in sadism. Go to Full Review Adam Graham Detroit News Nov 30, 2012
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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. Go to Full Review Grant Watson Fiction Machine May 7, 2025
3/10
It is oddly generic right where the film most desperately need to be distinctive. Go to Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 20, 2023
4/5
Fully honors what made the first film unique while also taking the terror to shocking new heights. Go to Full Review Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Dec 6, 2022
2/4
For all its foibles, The Collection is ultimately a slight improvement over its predecessor. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Nolan M @vyzee 2 days ago Slightly worse than the first. But then again, good gore. See more B P @Bradster69 Sep 1, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Alex D. @RT24918759 May 28, 2026 Just Like the first movie this has good traps and I love how they went with a action horror movie See more Jorge H @jorge02 Apr 11, 2026 Once again A good fun slasher with 99% of blood and 1% of story See more Gregory S @Gregory566 Nov 15, 2025 Alright, it’s start off great, but then reality seeps in. I mean, we are taking about a killer that has killed hundreds of people. He killed hundreds all at the same time. Well, the cops sent 6 people, and no back up. Really? See more Caz M @RT67929565 Oct 22, 2025 I love everything about this franchise. While it does have plot holes and moments of “that would never happen”… you have to look at it as a good old popcorn horror movie. You do get pulled in with the Collector and then the Collection we are just waiting for the 3rd movie in the trilogy to finish the story. I’m not surprised it has a cult following. See more Read all reviews
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Marcus Dunstan

Director

Josh Stewart

Arkin

Emma Fitzpatrick

Elena

Lee Tergesen

Lucello

Christopher McDonald

Mr. Peters

Randall Archer

The Collector

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman named Elena sneaks out of her house one night to attend an exclusive party, unaware of the horror that awaits her. A sick criminal known as The Collector crashes the party in search of fresh victims. When Elena goes into hiding, she finds and frees Arkin, The Collector's captive. Arkin manages to escape, but Elena is taken prisoner. A mercenary friend of Elena's father then forces Arkin to come along on a mission to free the young woman.
Director
Marcus Dunstan
Producer
Mickey Liddell, Jennifer Monroe, Julie Richardson, Brett Forbes, Patrick Rizzotti
Screenwriter
Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton
Distributor
LD Entertainment
Production Co
Fortress Features, Splendid Film
Rating
R (Grisly Images|Brief Nudity|Language|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 30, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 23, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.8M
Runtime
1h 22m
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