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Prison1987

Name: Prison
Genre: Ghosts & Haunting, Supernatural, Survival
Released: 1987-12-08
Rating: 5.6

“Horror has a new home.”

Directed by Renny Harlin

5.6

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.8Rotten Tomatoes 40%Metacritic 47TMDB 5.8

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Year

1987

Runtime

102 min

Box Office

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$354,704

Domestic

$345,704

🏆 2 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

Decades after an innocent man is sent to the electric chair, a crumbling penitentiary is forced back into service — and something malevolent stirs within its walls. When renovations breach a long-sealed chamber, the rage of the unjustly executed is unleashed on everyone inside. With no easy escape and a body count rising, the prisoners and staff find themselves trapped between cold steel bars and a furious, otherworldly force. Director Renny Harlin delivers a late-80s supernatural chiller soaked in institutional dread and blue-collar grime.

Content: Graphic Violence, Jump Scares, Depictions Of Execution