Prison

Prison

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Release Date

12/8/1987

Runtime

102 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$354,704

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A supernatural revenge tale where a wrongfully executed man's vengeful spirit transforms a reopened prison into a nightmare landscape. It's a film that builds dread through the collision of institutional evil and supernatural retribution.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingAngry

Themes

RevengeCorruptionMortality

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Practical effectsStylized genre

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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