The Collection [Includes Digital Copy]

Director: Marcus Dunstan Marcus Dunstan

Overview

When the daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur is abducted by a serial killer known as The Collector, the young woman's desperate father hires a team of mercenaries to ensure her safe return in this bloody sequel to the shocking hit that had horror fans screaming for their lives. Elena (Emma Fitzpatrick) was attending a secret warehouse party when The Collector abducted her and locked her away in his own personal house of pain -- an abandoned hotel filled with deadly traps. When Elena's father (Christopher McDonald) learns of his daughter's grim fate, he pays a team of heavily armed opportunists to come to her rescue. But in order to beat The Collector on his own home turf, they'll need the help of Arkin (Josh Stewart) -- the only man who has confronted the monster and lived to tell the tale. But even with Arkin calling the shots, there's no guarantee that anyone, including Elena, will survive the evil that dwells within The Collector's diabolical maze of doom.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/26/2013
UPC:	0031398166412
Original Release:	2012
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:22:00
Sales rank:	28,474

Special Features

Closed Caption; Audio commentary with director/writer Marcus Dunstan and writer Patrick Melton; 5 mini featurettes; Alternate scenes; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Josh Stewart	Arkin
Emma Fitzpatrick	Elena
Christopher McDonald	Mr. Peters
Lee Tergesen	Lucello
Daniel Sharman	Basil
Randall Archer	The Collector
Navi Rawat	Lisa
Johanna E. Braddy	Missy Solomon
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
Charlie Clouser	Composer

Technical Credits

Marcus Dunstan

Patrick Melton

Marcus Dunstan	Director,Screenwriter
Patrick Melton	Screenwriter
Jennifer Hilton Monroe	Producer
Mickey Liddell	Producer
Brett Forbes	Producer
Julie Richardson	Producer
Patrick Rizzotti	Producer
Tom Luse	Executive Producer,Producer
Pete Shilaimon	Executive Producer,Producer
Tineka Becker	Casting
Joseph Middleton	Casting
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	Makeup Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

Great gobs of gore await audiences in The Collection, the truly outrageous follow-up to the 2009 wannabe horror-franchise starter The Collector from Saw alumni Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. While the first film, inventive as it might have been, was marked by a bit too much sadism, the sequel is a step towards rousing action horror and away from the 2000s' trend of no-fun torture porn. The series' villain, one of the only new horror icons in recent years, racks up quite the hefty body count here -- the first 20 minutes alone stand as one of the best bloodbaths seen on the screen in quite some time. One thing is for sure: The Collection isn't brooding or trying to impress with social commentary. Instead, this is a giddy Grand Guignol-style horror flick for those looking for smoking bullet casings scattered across red pools of nightmare sauce. The picture opens with pixie-haired beauty Elena (Emma Fitzpatrick) heading out to an exclusive nightclub with her pals, where she finds Arkin (Josh Stewart), a survivor from the first film, locked in a chest in a back room. Upon releasing him, she activates a series of traps that kill nearly everyone at the rave, and is soon swept up by the masked Collector as his newest acquisition. Arkin escapes, but is roped into leading a team of armed men into the madman's abandoned-hotel hideout in order to save Elena. It doesn't take long for the team to realize that the psychopath's lair has more in store for them than just a few traps. Echoing notorious Chicago serial killer H.H. Holmes, the Collector's hotel is a madhouse filled with engineered torture mechanisms that allow for a vast array of killing techniques. It helps that the sequel hearkens back to the Aliens mold of bigger and better, even going so far as to ape various roles from that film. While snobbish viewers might take their red pen to this particular homage, others just looking for a fast-paced study in amped-up violence will rejoice in the way the franchise's world has been opened up here. In the acting department, Fitzpatrick makes for a stunning new scream queen, while Stewart impresses with his unlikely -- and at times, cringe-inducing -- heroics. As if it weren't apparent before, the end-credits montage of every character's death scene (à la Final Destination) is proof that The Collection just wants you to have a good, gross time at the movies. While it's not everyone's cup of joe, those who like their comedy black and their blood red should be satisfied with every wild scene that Dunstan and Melton have collected here.