The Collector (1965)

Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar (in an Oscar-nominated role) lead this 1965 kidnapping thriller about a woman held hostage by a man that just wants her company.

Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money and buys himself a country house. Still unable to make himself at ease socially, he starts to plan on acquiring a girlfriend - in the same manner as he collects butterflies. He prepares the cellar of the house to be a collecting jar and stalks his victim over several days.

The film was also nominated for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (based on John Fowles' novel) at the 1966 Academy Awards.

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