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Prison (1988) (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Renny Harlin

Written By:
Irwin Yablans
C. Courtney Joyner

Actors:
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 'Tiny' Lister ..... Tiny
Stephen E. Little ..... 'Rhino' Reynolds
Mickey Yablans ..... Brian Young
Larry Flash Jenkins ..... Hershey
Arlen Dean Snyder ..... Captain Horton
Hal Landon Jr. ..... Wallace
Matt Kanen ..... Johnson
Rod Lockman ..... Kramer

Synopsis:

Prison guard Ethan Sharpe (Lane Smith) watched as Burke (Viggo Mortensen) dies in the electric chair in 1964. Over two decades later, Sharpe is the warden, and Burke returns from the dead to exact revenge on the wicked warden when the prison re-opens. Two victims drip blood while dangling in barbed wire in a macabre dance of death, and the guards and inmates suffer at the hands of the malevolent Burke as he seeks his supernatural vengeance. The film location was the Wyoming State Prison. Built at the turn of the century, the jail became a tourist attraction in 1981.

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.

In 1964, prison guard Sharpe watched the execution of an innocent man. Years later, the prison is reopened and Sharpe is promoted to head position, but the spirit of the dead man is seeking revenge.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 16 July, 2022.