At first I doubted that I'll enjoy this movie very much, but as it went on the movie kept on getting better and better. It's about an evil spirit trapped in a prison after his execution that wanted revenge.
I loved the elements of horror in this and the deaths very quite constr...( read more)
Viggo Mortensen,
Chelsea Field,
Lane Smith,
Lincoln Kilpatrick,
Tom Everett
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When Charles Forsyth is sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was killed. Flash forward several years, and the prison is reopened, under the co...( read more
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September 7, 2008
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April 2, 2009
it was a wery good one even thou it was old.. and it was kind of funny in some spots xD
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October 3, 2008
I knew there was a reason why I skipped over Prison all these years because it's pretty fucking lame and even having 'Tiny' Lister in it couldn't save it. The ghost is electricity for most of the movie and shows up in person @ the end for like 2 seconds...maybe Shocker is better
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February 3, 2008
A fairly good early movie from Renny Harlin (I think it was his first US movie), as well as some interesting early performances from Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field and Tiny Lister. The plot's OK (a haunted prison that's been re-opened with gory results) and the characters are a b...( read more)
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January 6, 2008
I loved this movie, mainly because I was going through a "viggo phase" when I watched it and he is in his underwear through most the movie, but actually not all that bad of a movie.
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