Whilst the height of the torture porn movement has been and gone, that’s not to say that there are still a few more surprises within the blood-drenched sub-genre.
The Collector is formulaic and graphic yet that’s not to say the violence is gratuitous. More grisly than flat out gruesome, the desired effect is a relentless sucker punch rather than gross out. Much like the French film Inside, The Collector aims to put the audience on the edge of their seat.
Whilst the dialogue if horrific and the set up prompted me to ask “what?” once Arkin, our protagonist, is locked in the mansion, the ride is full on and unrelenting.
It’s nothing that we haven’t seen before but, for what it is, I had fun. It set out to give the audience a ride and that’s what I got.
3/5
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