Prison

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Renny Harlin

Writers

C. Courtney Joyner

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

8 December 1987

Budget

$4,000,000

Box office

$354,704

Ensemble

Cast

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  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 Lister Jr.

  Tiny

• Stephen E. Little

  'Rhino' Reynolds

• Mickey Yablans

  Brian Young

• 

  Larry Jenkins

  Hershey

• 

  Arlen Dean Snyder

  Captain Horton