The Collection (film)

The Collection is a 2012 American horror film directed by Marcus Dunstan and co-written with Patrick Melton, and starring Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Lee Tergesen and Christopher McDonald.

Elena opens the latches, releasing Arkin and unknowingly setting off a series of booby traps, killing her friends and dozens of other party-goers.

The Collector appears and kidnaps Elena, while Arkin escapes by jumping out of a window, breaking his arm in the process.

However, Abby learns that Elena uses a hearing aid, which she believes will place them at a disadvantage; they are subsequently separated.

Realizing they are trapped inside, Arkin non-fatally shoots a homeless man through a window in order draw the police's attention.

As police converge at the hotel, the lights go out throughout the building; Lucello is caught in a trap and has to be left behind, while the rest of the team is eventually killed off.

The website's consensus reads: "The Collection offers more grisly thrills and twisted humor than its predecessor; in other words, fun for genre fans, but unpleasant for anyone else.

"[7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 38 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.

[10][11] An announcement was made in August 2014 that the film would move forward with LD Entertainment and that Josh Stewart would reprise his role of Arkin.

[15] Emma Fitzpatrick was slated to return as Elena while Tom Atkins was confirmed as portraying Arkin's father.

[19] Filming began on September 23, 2019 in Atlanta with Atkins, Randy Havens, Dot-Marie Jones, and Navi Rawat officially joining the cast.

[24][25] In April 2021, Dunstan claimed that props were stolen from the set and that the producers had not been in contact with him since the closure of production and that he does not have the rights to the film, preventing him from finishing it.