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Prison

Prison

Horror has a new home.

1987•1h 42m•5.8/10
CrimeHorrorThrillerDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
5.8/10(137)

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.

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Production

Empire Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen

Burke / Forsythe Electrocution

Chelsea Field

Chelsea Field

Katherine Walker

Lane Smith

Lane Smith

Warden Eaton Sharpe

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Cresus

Tom Everett

Tom Everett

Rabbitt

Ivan Kane

Ivan Kane

Lasagna

André De Shields

André De Shields

Sandor

Tommy Lister Jr.

Tommy Lister Jr.

Tiny

Stephen E. Little

'Rhino' Reynolds

Mickey Yablans

Brian Young

Larry Jenkins

Larry Jenkins

Hershey

Arlen Dean Snyder

Arlen Dean Snyder

Captain Horton

Hal Landon Jr.

Hal Landon Jr.

Wallace

Matt Kanen

Johnson

Rod Lockman

Kramer

Kane Hodder

Kane Hodder

Forsythe / Gas Mask Guard

Michael Deak

Michael Deak

Prisoner (uncredited)

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