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The Collector (2009 Film)
''The Collector'' is a 2009 American horror film written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and directed by Dunstan. 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. 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. ''The Collector'' was released on July 31, 2009, by LD Entertainment. It received generally negative reviews from critics. A sequel, '' The Collection'', was released in 2012. Plot Married couple Larry and Gena Wharton return home to find the power is out. They discover a large trunk upst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Dunstan
Marcus Dunstan is an American screenwriter and director who, along with Patrick Melton, wrote screenplay for the film ''Feast'', which was the winner of Season Three of the filmmaking competition reality TV series ''Project Greenlight''. Dunstan has since written the screenplays for ''Feast'', '' Feast II: Sloppy Seconds'', '' Feast III: The Happy Finish'', ''The Collector'', '' The Collection'', ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', and ''Saw 3D'', and in some cases, making cameo appearances in those films as well. Early life Dunstan was born in Macomb, Illinois. He spent his formative years working in movie theaters and studying film at the University of Iowa. While in college Dunstan experimented with 16mm film often using himself as the guinea pig in poorly executed stunts that left him dragging behind a car, the target of flying knives, and thrice being set on fire. He holds the record for spilling the most fake blood ever in a student film. Since moving to Los Angeles in 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Collection (film)
''The Collection'' is a 2012 American horror film, serving as the sequel to the 2009 film, ''The Collector''. Written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and directed by Dunstan, the film stars Randall Archer, Emma Fitzpatrick, Christopher McDonald, Lee Tergesen, and Josh Stewart, who reprises his role as Arkin from the first film. The story follows a young woman who gets captured by The Collector, while Arkin escapes but is recruited shortly after by a group of mercenaries whose mission is to save her at the Collector's base. ''The Collection'' was released on November 30, 2012, by LD Entertainment. The film received generally negative reviews by critics, who deemed it a slight improvement over its predecessor. A third film, ''The Collected'', was in production in 2019 but was suspended shortly after and shelved indefinitely. Plot A few weeks after the events of the first film, teenager Elena Peters and her friends, Missy and Josh, go to a party. Elena witnesses her boyfrien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IGN Entertainment
''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and Mass media, entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's South of Market, San Francisco, SoMa district and is headed by its former editor-in-chief, Peer Schneider. The ''IGN'' website was the brainchild of media entrepreneur Chris Anderson (entrepreneur), Chris Anderson and launched on September 29, 1996. It focuses on games, films, anime, television, comics, technology, and other media. Originally a network of desktop websites, ''IGN'' is now also distributed on mobile platforms, console programs on the Xbox and PlayStation, FireTV, Roku, and via YouTube, Twitch (service), Twitch, Hulu, and Snapchat. Originally, ''IGN'' was the flagship website of IGN Entertainment, a website which owned and operated several other websites oriented towards players' interests, games, and entertainme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torture Porn
A splatter film is a subgenre of horror films that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, usually through the use of special effects, display a fascination with the vulnerability of the human body and the theatricality of its mutilation. The term "splatter cinema" was coined by George A. Romero to describe his film '' Dawn of the Dead'', though ''Dawn of the Dead'' is generally considered by critics to have higher aspirations, such as social commentary, than to be simply exploitative for its own sake. The term was popularized by John McCarty's 1981 book ''Splatter Movies'', subtitled: ''Breaking The Last Taboo: A Critical Survey Of The Wildly Demented Sub Genre Of The Horror Film That Is Changing The Face Of Film Realism Forever''. The first significant publication to attempt to define and analyse the 'Splatter Film', McCarty suggests that Splatter is indicative of broader trends in film production. Though Splatter is associated wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deleted Scene
A deleted scene is footage that has been removed from the final version of a film or television show. There are various reasons why these scenes are deleted, which include time constraints, relevance, quality or a dropped story thread. A similar occurrence is offscreen, in which the events are unseen. A related term is extended scene, the longer version of a scene that was shortened for the final version of the film. Often, extended scenes are included in collections of deleted scenes or are referred to as deleted scenes themselves, as is the case with, for instance, ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' and '' Serenity''. Reasons for removal Scenes are often removed from films and television shows at the request of a studio or network, or to reduce running time, to improve narrative flow, or that some may be offensive. Requests for alteration The studio or network planning to air or distribute it may be uncomfortable with a certain scene. It may ask for it be altered, rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockbuster Video
Blockbuster or Block Buster may refer to: * Blockbuster (entertainment) a term coined for an extremely successful movie, from which most other uses are derived. Corporations * Blockbuster (retailer), a defunct video and game rental chain ** Blockbuster (Bend, Oregon), the only remaining store of the defunct rental chain Arts and entertainment Comics * Blockbuster (DC Comics), the name of four DC Comics characters * Blockbuster (Man-Brute), a Marvel Comics character introduced in 1970 * Blockbuster (Marauder), a Marvel Comics character introduced in 1986 Music * ''Blockbuster'' (album), a 2012 album by Block B * "Block Buster!", a 1973 song by Sweet * "Blockbuster" (Enhypen song), a song by Enhypen from the 2021 album ''Dimension: Dilemma'' Television and film * ''Blockbuster'' (2018 film), a 2018 Netflix film * ''Blockbusters'' (American game show), an American game show which had two separate runs in the 1980s ** ''Blockbusters'' (Australian game show), an Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimension Films
Dimension Films is an American film production company owned by Lantern Entertainment. It was formerly used as Harvey and Bob Weinstein's label within Miramax, which was acquired by The Walt Disney Company on June 30, 1993, to produce and release independent films and genre titles, specifically horror and science fiction films. The Weinsteins took the Dimension label with them when they separated from Miramax on October 1, 2005 and paired it under their new company, The Weinstein Company. Dimension Films was one of the American "mini-majors", i.e. small to medium independent television and motion picture production studios. All films released by Dimension Films (through Miramax) are currently owned and distributed by Paramount Pictures through Paramount Global's acquisition of a 49% stake in Miramax that was closed on April 3, 2020; half the profits of sequels made to Miramax-era films went to The Walt Disney Studios until Miramax was sold to Filmyard Holdings, a joint ventur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gulager
Tom Christian Gulager (born July 21, 1965) is an American actor. He is the son of actors Clu Gulager and Miriam Byrd-Nethery and brother of actor/director John Gulager. He is best known for his roles in his brother's film series ''Feast'', while in ''The Candidate'' he appeared alongside Meghan Markle. Selected filmography * ''Gunfighter'' (1998) as Jimmy/Bar 20 Rider * ''Clockmaker'' (1998) as Bankwell * ''Palmer's Pick Up'' (1999) as Mr. Remo * ''Dodge Alley'' (2002) as Rem * ''Vic'' (2006) as Tony LaSalle * '' Feast II: Sloppy Seconds'' (2008) as Greg Swank * '' Feast III: The Happy Finish'' (2009) as Greg Swank * ''The Collector ''The Collector'' is a 1963 thriller novel by English author John Fowles, in his literary debut. Its plot follows a lonely, psychotic young man who kidnaps a female art student in London and holds her captive in the cellar of his rural farmhous ...'' (2009) as Cop #1 * ''The Candidate'' (2010) as Burton Grunzer * '' White Knight'' (2011) as Priso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clu Gulager
William Martin Gulager (; November 16, 1928 – August 5, 2022), better known as Clu Gulager, was an American television and film actor and director born in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He first became known for his work in television, appearing in the co-starring role of William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid) in the 1960–1962 NBC television series '' The Tall Man'' and as Emmett Ryker in another NBC Western series, '' The Virginian''. He later had a second career as a horror film actor, including a lead part in Dan O'Bannon's ''The Return of the Living Dead'' (1985). He also was in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge'' (1985). In 2005 he started acting in his son's horror films — the ''Feasts'' films and ''Piranha 3DD'' — in his 80s. Gulager's first major film role was in Don Siegel's ''The Killers'' (1964) with Lee Marvin and Ronald Reagan in his only movie role as a villain, followed by a supporting part in the racing film ''Winning'' (1969) opposite Paul N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gulager
John Thompson Gulager (born December 19, 1957) is an American actor, cinematographer and film director. Biography Film career The production and filming of ''Feast'' was the main focus of season three of ''Project Greenlight''. The film, made for Miramax, had a limited theatrical release. The DVD version of ''Feast'' was released on October 17, 2006. Gulager was named Best Director at Fantastic Fest 2005 for ''Feast''. Gulager played Maurice Gregory, the company psychologist, and supplied the voice for Goldie, the fish, in the 2007 film ''He Was a Quiet Man'' opposite Christian Slater. Music Transistors (1978) Songwriter/Vocalist/Keyboardist - Founder with Gary Miller Forbidden Colors (1980) Keyboardist/Vocalist Personal life He is the son of actors Clu Gulager and Miriam Byrd-Nethery, and the brother of actor Tom Gulager. Filmography As actor * '' A Day with the Boys'' (1969) – ''Boy'' * ''Gunfighter'' – ''Rustler'' ** a.k.a. ''Ballad of a Gunfighter'' (USA: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feast (2005 Film)
''Feast'' is a 2005 American Action film, action horror comedy film directed by John Gulager, produced by Michael Leahy, Joel Soisson, Larry Tanz and Andrew Jameson. It was written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan and stars Balthazar Getty, Henry Rollins, Navi Rawat, Judah Friedlander, Jenny Wade, Gulager's father Clu Gulager, Josh Zuckerman and Jason Mewes. The story revolves around a group of people gathered inside a local bar in Nevada, where they are suddenly attacked by a horde of monstrous creatures. ''Feast'' is a result of the amateur filmmaking documentary series and contest ''Project Greenlight''s third season. The winning team was composed of writers Dunstan and Melton and director Gulager. The executive producers were Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore (film producer), Chris Moore (through their LivePlanet production company), Wes Craven and the Maloof family. The film had a limited release in the United States on September 22, 2006, and premiered at the Chicag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
