The Collector
“Almost a love story.”
DramaThriller
Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money and buys himself a country house. Still unable to make himself at ease socially, he starts to plan on acquiring a girlfriend - in the same manner as he collects butterflies. He prepares the cellar of the house to be a collecting jar and stalks his victim over several days.
VIBE
A deeply unsettling portrait of a man's desperate need for control. The film's atmosphere is suffocating, drawing you into a chillingly quiet obsession. It's a slow descent into a dark, isolated psyche.
claustrophobicunsettlingbleaktenseslow-burnarthousepsychological thrillerperiod dramacontrolobsessionlonelinesspredation
kidnappingbutterflyconfinement
