The Collector (2009 film)
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The Collector is a 2009 American horror film written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and directed by Dunstan.[4] It stars Josh Stewart, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth, Juan Fernandez, Karley Scott Collins, Madeline Zima, and Robert Wisdom. The film follows a man who, in order to pay a debt, decides to rob a house, only to find out somebody with far more sinister intentions has already broken in.
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| Directed by | Marcus Dunstan |
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| Cinematography | Brandon Cox |
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| Music by | Jerome Dillon |
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| Distributed by | Freestyle Releasing |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million[2] |
| Box office | $10.2 million[3] |
The original script, titled The Midnight Man, was at one point shopped as a spin-off prequel to the Saw franchise, as an origin story for the villain John Kramer / Jigsaw, but the producers opposed the idea and dismissed it, leading to the script getting reworked to an original story.[5][6]
The Collector was released on July 31, 2009, by Freestyle Releasing. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but was a moderate box office success, grossing $10.2 million against a $3 million budget. A sequel, The Collection, was released in 2012.