Prison (1987)

12/08/1987 (US) • 1h 42m

Crime, Horror, Thriller, Drama

Horror has a new home.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Viggo Mortensen

Burke / Forsythe Electrocution

Chelsea Field

Katherine Walker

Lane Smith

Warden Eaton Sharpe

Ivan Kane

Lasagna

Stephen E. Little

'Rhino' Reynolds


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,000,000.00

Revenue

$354,704.00

Keywords

prison

prisoner

haunting

revenge

electric chair

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