The Collector (2009 film)

The Collector is a 2009 horror film written by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton and directed by Dunstan.

Originally titled The Midnight Man, the script was originally intended to be a Saw prequel, but the producers were against the idea and quickly dismissed it.

Plot

Larry and his wife return home to find the power is out. They discover a large box upstairs, and are horrified by its contents. They are then attacked by an unseen assailant.

Arkin O'Brien is an ex-convict working as a handyman. His latest customers are the Chase family, and he takes a liking to their younger daughter Hannah. While working at the Chase home, Arkin notices several strange insects around the house; a spider in Hannah's room and a large wasp nest in the yard. After work, Arkin meets his wife, whose debt to several loan sharks is due by midnight. In order to protect her and their young daughter, Arkin plans a heist at the Chase home, which houses a valuable ruby. He breaks in, but while attempting to crack the safe, he hears a masked figure who enters in the house and locks the door. Michael, the father of the Chase family, appears, beaten and bloody, and attempts to attack Arkin with a golf club, thinking Arkin is the perpetrator. However, the club is rigged with a trap that incapacitates Michael, and the masked man drags Michael into the basement. Arkin attempts to call 911, but the phone is rigged with another trap, and the windows have been boarded up and lined with razors, making escape impossible.