A high-concept/low-impact twist on torture porn, The Killing Room will likely do its slaying on DVD.
Overview
Four volunteers sign up for what initially appears to be a typical paid research study, only to discover that they've unwittingly become involved with a classified government program that was said to have been terminated nearly two decades ago.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Liebesman Director
- Timothy Hutton as Crawford Haines
- Peter Stormare as Dr. Phillips
- Chloë Sevigny as Ms. Reilly
- Bill Stinchcomb as Cope
- Michael Byrnes as Orderly
- Nick Cannon as Paul Brodie
- Clea DuVall as Kerry Isalano
- Gregory Gast as Echo
- Meade Patton as Forsythe
- Joan Roberts as God (voice)
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