The Killing Jar

Year of Production: 2009

Genre: Thriller

Cast: MICHAEL MADSEN (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill Volume 1&2); HAROLD PERRINEAU (Lost, 28 Weeks Later);  AMBER BENSON(Kiss the Bride, Private Practice, Buffy the Vampire Slayer); JAKE BUSEY(Enemy of the State, Mentalist);

Director: MARK YOUNG

Festivals & Awards: Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema

Synopsis: Seven people are passing time late one evening at a roadside diner in the middle of nowhere.  When a radio reports the disturbing murder of a family in a nearby county, the patrons immediately suspect new arrival, Doe (MICHAEL MADSEN) as the killer.  Armed with a shotgun Doe takes the seven hostage, but as the body count rises the desperate survivors discover that one of the hostages may be even more dangerous than their captor.