“Eeny, meeny, miny, murder.”
A stranger armed with a shotgun takes seven patrons hostage in a remote roadside diner. But as the body count increases, the desperate survivors discover that one of the hostages may be even more dangerous than their captor.
Amber Benson
Noreen
Michael Madsen
Doe
Harold Perrineau
Dixon
Kevin Gage
Hank
Lew Temple
Lonnie
Jake Busey
Greene
Danny Trejo
Jimmy
Lindsey Axelsson
Starr
Talan Torriero
Billy
Jonathan Sachar
O'Brien
The Killing Jar is a crime, mystery, thriller film released in 2010 exploring themes of hostage, shotgun, diner, murder, serial killer. Directed by Mark Young, it stars Amber Benson, Michael Madsen, Harold Perrineau. A stranger armed with a shotgun takes seven patrons hostage in a remote roadside diner. But as the body count increases, the desperate survivors discover that one of the hostages may be even more dangerous than their captor.
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