Artwork for Prison
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Prison

Horror has a new home.

1987 1 hour 42 minutes
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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.

Released

8th December 1987

38 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 42 minutes

Finishes at 7:25am

Budget

$4,000,000 ($11,774,000 today)

Revenue $354,704Loss

Ratings and awards

2 nominations total

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    5.8/10

  • Rotten Tomatoes Logo

    40%

  • Metacritic Logo

    47%

  • TMDb Logo

    58%

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    51%

Artwork for Prison

Directed by

Renny Harlin

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Written by

C. Courtney Joyner

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