The Killing Room F.T. Movie Review

The Killing Room   7/10
Nick Cannon, Clea Duvall, Timothy Hutton, Chloe Sevigny, Peter Stormare

Four strangers volunteer for what they believe is a standard behavioural study, and an easy way to make some quick cash. What they have instead volunteered for is a terrifying test of human limitations, both mental and physical, and after the first of many brutal and clinical acts against them, it soon becomes clear that none of them may leave this room alive. There's no escape from the killing room...or is there? Upstairs, in the viewing room, behind a thick sheet of one way glass watches Behavioural and body language expert Emily, who may have her own serious mental limitations to overcome before the day is through...



TERROR   1/5

I was kind of torn by reviewing this movie here at all as, even though I found it in the horror section of my local rental store, I wouldn't necessarily class it as a horror at all. It's more like a psychological thriller than anything else, and although it's a great watch and a pretty terrifying idea to boot, it doesn't rate too highly on the old Fear Theatre terror scale. Sorry Killing room, but you're as scary as a big bag of grandma's. 
In fact scrap that thought, a bag of grannies may just be the most terrifying thing ever... 

GORE   2/5

Peek-A-Boo

There's a good bit of blood but no gore to speak of, the blood comes from a couple of head wounds and there's a nasty bit where a slightly unhinged volunteer coats himself in his downed friends blood to better aid his escape...it's actually a sound plan when he describes it, just a bit whacko. Then again, seeing how wacko they go is pretty much the point of this whole experiment is it not?

NUDITY   0/5

I for one am happy that there's no nudity in a sealed, white room with three angry dudes. That sounds as disturbing as a porno version of 12 angry men. Man, you could have a fun time thinking up porn names for that movie. 12 angry boabies perhaps? Too much?

Come dine with me had taken a dramatic new twist.

CHARACTERS / PLOT   4/5

For a low budget movie set mostly in one plain, white, sterile room this movie actually has a great little script, a good plot, strong, believable characters and some top-notch acting. Chloe Sevigny does a brilliant turn as the emotionally torn psychologist and the always good Peter Stormare takes 'creepy government dude' to a whole new level.Add to that Timothy Hutton and his excellent take on a man slowly losing his sanity in a world he no longer controls, and you have a great little slice of big-screen paranoia!

 

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