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58% Critic Match
Prison
“Horror has a new home.”
5.8 / 10• 1987• 1h 42m•R• English
CrimeHorrorThrillerDrama
Storyline
After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.
Cast & Crew
Viggo Mortensen
Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
Lead
Chelsea Field
Katherine Walker
Lane Smith
Warden Eaton Sharpe
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Cresus
Tom Everett
Rabbitt
Ivan Kane
Lasagna
André De Shields
Sandor
Tommy Lister Jr.
Tiny
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Renny Harlin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Prison is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
