Prison

Theatrical - Wide 1988-05-06

Cast Viggo Mortensen Chelsea Field Lane Smith Lincoln Kilpatrick
Directed by Renny Harlin
Written by C. Joyner

Genres: Crime Drama Horror

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When Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn’t commit, he forever haunts the prison where it occured. Flash forward several years the prison is reopened, under the control of it’s new Warden Eaton Sharpe. A... See more former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the electric chair, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being suffering from a murderous rage, all leading up to the Warden himself.

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