Prison (1987)

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Directed by

Renny Harlin

Starring (View all)

Viggo Mortensen
Burke / Forsythe Electrocution

Chelsea Field
Katherine

Lane Smith
Sharpe

Lincoln Kilpatrick
Cresus

Tom Everett
Rabbitt

André De Shields
Sandor

Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
Tiny

Mickey Yablans
Brian Young

Written by

C. Courtney Joyner
(screenplay)

Renny Harlin
uncredited

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After Charles Forsythe 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 Ethan Sharpe, a former security guard who was present at Forsythe's execution. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsythe, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.

Release date: 8 December 1987

Tags: Horror (5), Drama (4), Crime (4), Prison (4), Thriller (3), 1988 (3), 1980s (3), Supernatural (3), Violence (2), Ghost (2), Independent Film (2), Punishment (2), Shower (2), Electric Chair (1), Prison Guard (1), Prison Riot (1), Prison Life (1), Prison Cell (1), Escaped Prisoner (1), Male Rear Nudity (1)

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" A convict is executed via electric chair for a murder he did not commit n later the prison is closed. The dead convict's soul returns from the afterlife to take revenge but goes on a killing spree when the prison is reopened after thirty year. The film, featured earlier performances by Chelsea Field, Viggo Mortensen, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Larry Flash Jenkins, Kane Hodder, and Arlen Dean Snyder. Prison, also was a earlier film directed by Renny Harlin, and written by C. Courtney Joyner, "

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