Review of The Collection (2012) by Jacob G — 25 Aug 2014

It's been long enough since I've seen The Collector that it's hard for me to pick up on how much continuity there is between the two movies. The upshot is that I can state with a fair amount of assurance that even if you've never seen The Collector, The Collection stands just fine on its own.

I mean, there's really not a lot to get. The attempts at resistance here provide a nice respite from the typical slash-till-all-are-dead fare. And the setting provides for a nice variety in scenes.

Still, it's all little more than a shell to provide blood and guts on screen. Some of the acting performances are pretty good, others, well, it's a slasher/horror movie. What do you expect?

The one area that the acting should have been better is from The Collector himself. Just because he wears a mask at all times shouldn't mean you can stick anyone in there to get the proper effect. We can see mouths and eyes, and those mouths and eyes look like those of a 16-year-old kid with acne--a sensation increased by the way The Collector moves. It's not an inspiration for fear. And that is a problem. A big one. They needed someone who could carry the role, even while masked.

As an entry into the crowded torture-porn subgenre of horror, The Collection is an acceptable distraction, but it's not strong enough as a movie to be more than that.