Synopsis
The Collector (1965) is a British-American psychological thriller directed by William Wyler — watch it online on iFILM. Based on John Fowles' novel of the same name, the film follows Freddie Clegg, a mild-mannered bank clerk with a meticulous hobby: collecting and pinning butterflies. Then he applies the same logic to a person.
Terence Stamp plays Freddie with a quietly off-putting restraint that is harder to watch than any outburst. He kidnaps art student Miranda, played by Samantha Eggar, and keeps her in a sealed basement outside London. He means her no harm. He simply wants her to get used to him. That gap between his intentions and the horror of what he's doing is where the film lives.
Wyler builds the entire picture around two actors and one room, and it's enough. Eggar took the Best Actress prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for this role. Stream The Collector online on iFILM.
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