The Collector

THE COLLECTOR (2009) - Aug. 1, 2010
A decently made but kind of unpleasant horror film about a thief who breaks into an isolated country home only to find it filled with deadly traps and a crazy guy (the titular collector) who either wants to kill him or collect him (the nature of how or why this guy likes to collect people is never explored).  It started out decently enough, but after a while the whole cat-and-mouse dynamic between the collector and the thief began to run out of steam.  It didn't help that the whole thing feels vaguely Platinum Dunes-y (particularly the two recent Texas Chainsaw films) both in its ugly, monochromatic visual style and its tendancy to emphasize gore on the more sadistic side of things.  **