The Killing Room

Jan 16, 2009

1h 33m

★ 5.6

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.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Management 360

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Cast

Paul Brodie

Nick Cannon

Crawford Haines

Timothy Hutton

Tony Mazzolla

Shea Whigham

Ms. Reilly

Chloë Sevigny

Dr. Phillips

Peter Stormare

Kerry Isalano

Clea DuVall

Cope

Bill Stinchcomb

Forsythe

Meade Patton

Orderly

Michael Byrnes

Echo

Gregory Gast

God (voice)

Joan Roberts

Orderly #1

Luke Sexton

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