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The Collection
Fall 2012
Lee Tergesen will play Lucello in "The
Collection," a sequel to a 2009 horror film called "The Collector."
There are "Saw"-like overtones to the movies. In "The Collector," an
ex-con named Arkin plots a heist and breaks into a country home
where he discovers the family is trapped by a masked killer -- The
Collector -- who has set deadly traps throughout the house.
An article on
RabidDoll.com proclaims that sadistic villain "is set to take
his grisly game of booby traps to bold heights."
The
production company's site says, "The Collection" is a perfect
cocktail of primal horror and action/suspense thriller in 3D."
Marcus Dunstan returns as the director, and he
shares the writing credit with longtime collaborator Patrick Melton.
Special effects artist and "gore-guru" Gary Tunnicliffe also is
returning, along with lead actor Josh Stewart as Arkin.
"While the first one was mainly contained to a house in the middle
of nowhere, the scale is larger on this one in all regards,"
co-writer Patrick Melton told
DreadCentral.com. "I don't want to
give anything away, but the opening 'massacre' is pretty cool. With
the 'Saw' films, we always shot for a couple of 'awe' moments in
terms of spilling blood, and this one could be pretty spectacular.
We'll see how it comes out."
Another horror site,
Shocktillyoudrop.com, offers a plot summary about "The
Collection": Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of
The Collector, who has added beautiful Elena (actress Emma
Fitzpatrick) to his "collection." Arkin is hospitalized to recover
from his trauma but is suddenly abducted by mercenaries hired by
Elena's wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the
mercenaries and track down The Collector's booby-trapped hide-out
and save Elena from his sadistic rituals.
Regarding production of the sequel, Melton told
DreadCentral.com, "It’s a 28-day shoot, which is nine days more than we
had on the original film. This one is much more ambitious, and it
has been coming along great." About shooting in Atlanta, he said,
"It has a ton of great old buildings that we're using for various
larger sets."
Of the cast, Melton said, "We have a good mix of young and veteran
actors, and everyone has been really excited thus far."
Filming took place January-February 2011.
The movie is part of the initial slate of films to be released
through LD Distribution, a new entity created by production
and distribution financier, Liddell Entertainment.
In an interview posted on DreadCentral.com Feb.
15, 2012, Melton said that the movie is in the final stages of
post-production. "We tested the film about a month or so ago in
Chatsworth, California, and it tested wonderfully. Actually, it was
the highest testing movie we've written. So we were very pleased
with that. ... As for a release date, the plan is for theaters this
fall."
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