# Anyone know the title of this horror film?

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**Created:** [February 12, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-title-of-this-horror-film/612608 "2012-02-12T17:22:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-title-of-this-horror-film/612608/1 "2012-02-12T17:22:14Z")

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I woke up in the middle of the night and flipped on the tv until i could fall back asleep. I didn’t see either the beginning or the end.

There’s this killer in a leather mask and he’s taken a family hostage. There’s another guy who’s trapped in the house but the killer hasn’t captured him yet. The killer has all sorts of booby traps all over the house. Looked to be relatively recent.

Any clue?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-title-of-this-horror-film/612608/2 "2012-02-12T17:31:42Z")

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Moved IMHO --\> Cafe Society.

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**Author:** ![Brighter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@Brighter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brighter)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-title-of-this-horror-film/612608/3 "2012-02-12T18:44:19Z")

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> [@Quintas](#):
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> I woke up in the middle of the night and flipped on the tv until i could fall back asleep. I didn’t see either the beginning or the end.
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> There’s this killer in a leather mask and he’s taken a family hostage. There’s another guy who’s trapped in the house but the killer hasn’t captured him yet. The killer has all sorts of booby traps all over the house. Looked to be relatively recent.
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> Any clue?

I thought about one with Josh Stewart, but I’m not sure about leather mask.  
Does Madeline Zima end up on a wall (literally)? The other guy was trapped in some kind of box, large suitcase maybe.

Might be ‘The Collector’.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-title-of-this-horror-film/612608/4 "2012-02-12T18:49:28Z")

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“Leather mask,” “booby traps” and “trapped in a house” all make me think of _People Under The Stairs_ with Ving Rhames and Everett McGill, but it’s not that recent. I think it was made in the 80s.

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**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-title-of-this-horror-film/612608/5 "2012-02-12T18:58:32Z")

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I agree. It’s probably The Collector

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**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-title-of-this-horror-film/612608/6 "2012-02-12T19:18:29Z")

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Finally a thread I can contribute to, has anyone mentioned it might be The Collector or it’s probably The Collector?

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-title-of-this-horror-film/612608/7 "2012-02-12T19:20:41Z")

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Actually it’s [The Collector (2009) and not The Collector (1965)](http://www.google.com/search?q=the+collector+film&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&rlz=1I7PRFA_enUS441)

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**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-title-of-this-horror-film/612608/8 "2012-02-12T20:22:06Z")

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> [@drillrod](#):
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> I agree. It’s probably The Collector

Thats it.