“Horror has a new home.”
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.
Viggo Mortensen
Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
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
Stephen E. Little
'Rhino' Reynolds
Mickey Yablans
Brian Young
Prison is a crime, horror, thriller, drama film released in 1987 exploring themes of prison, prisoner, haunting, revenge, electric chair. Directed by Renny Harlin, it stars Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Lane Smith. 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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