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SDCC ’09: FREE ‘The Collector’ Screening, RSVP NOW!!

Published

15 years ago

July 15, 2009

This year’s San Diego Comic Con is jammed-packed with nightly special events – the best part is, that you all get to go! Thursday you can be the first on your block to check out Trick ‘r Treat, then on Friday, July 24 at 10pm you will be some of the first people EVER to witness Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton’s The Collector, their new slasher film arriving in cinemas July 31 from Freestyle Releasing. Check out details on how to RSVP (this will fill fast, so do it quick), along with a look at the brand new one sheet.
The slasher follows the story of handyman and ex-con Arkin, who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property – and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked “Collector” in a maze of lethal invention – the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg – while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.

THE COLLECTOR will screen during Comic-Con
Friday, July 24 at 10pm
Pacific Theatres Gas Lamp Theatre
701 5th Avenue

TO RSVP: Send your NAME and whether or not you’re bringing a guest to thecollector.bloody@gmail.com

You will receive a confirmation e-mail — and make sure to get there early as there will be a limited number of exclusive shirts being given away!

Watch the trailer below:

Movies

‘Monster’ – Indonesian Remake of ‘The Boy Behind the Door’ Heading to Netflix

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4 mins ago

April 24, 2024

Meagan Navarro

An Indonesian remake of Justin Powell and David Charbonier’s intense 2021 thriller The Boy Behind the Door, titled Monster, is on its way. Netflix has unveiled images from the twisted thriller ahead of its debut on the streaming service.

In Monster, “After being abducted and taken to a desolate house, a girl sets out to rescue her friend and escape from their malicious kidnapper.”

As of now, Netflix hasn’t set an official date for Monster, only that it’s coming soon.

Monster is directed by Rako Prijanto and written by Alim Sudio. It stars Sultan Hamonangan, Anantya Kirana, Alex Abbad, and Marsha Timothy.

The Boy Behind the Door follows twelve-year-old Bobby and his best friend, Kevin, as they’re abducted from a park. Bobby wakes alone in a trunk and escapes, only to return when he realizes his best friend is still held captive inside a desolate house.

The Indonesian remake gender swaps the ill-fated kids embarking on a harrowing cat-and-mouse chase to escape, but, according to an interview with Kapanlagi, Monster also updates the original story by making one of the main characters mute. Meaning, expect very little dialogue in this update. The change will likely make the horror-thriller even more suspenseful, which is saying a lot considering how intense The Boy Behind the Door is.

I wrote in my review of The Boy Behind the Door that “it gives a unique and intense spin on the home invasion. The constant ratcheting of tension leaves you alternating between edge-of-your-seat panic and cringe-worthy repulsion; this thriller isn’t afraid to put its children through absolute hell.”

Check out new images from Monster below, as well as a tense trailer from the film’s premiere at the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival last November.

Stay tuned for an official release date as it’s announced, but expect this to arrive on Netflix soon.

Scary woman in Monster