Review of The Collection (2012) by Jennifer B — 21 Dec 2012

GRADE: [B].

'The Collection' is the sequel to the saw-styled horror 'The Collector' that took aspects of torture porn and moulded it into a fresh enjoyable gore-fest that appealed mostly to hardcore horror fans and not to many others. I liked it so to me that's all that matters. 'The Collection' is an improvement from its proceeder. It thinks it's adding something new to the genre but really, it's not. In fact, this sequel feels more like a recycle than a proper sequel. It keeps most of the aspects from the first and mixes them with elements of saw, so technically the film series is starting to loose its originality and is replacing it with torture cliche. But that doesn't mean its a bad thing really, the truth is that this sequel is better, more captivating, gorier, and more inventive with deaths than the first which does clearly make it the better film but taking a different root (if it was possible) could have been this films biggest success, and proof comes from the first 15minutes from the film which is definetly the best part of the film. The cinematography is effective, the characters are likable and the villian is truly menicing. It may not be the best horror film of the year but its different from most of the ghost crap so forthat reason, the film gets extra brownie points.

VERDICT: Although this sequel lacks the originality from the first and replaces it with 'Saw' cliche, it still builds the enjoyabilty factor with its inventive traps, superb opening and mencing villian. Definetly an improvement on its proceeder.