PRISON (1988)

MORGAN'S RATING

In 1956, inmate Charlie Forsythe swallowed 60,000 volts of electricity for a murder he didn't commit. When Creedmore Prison is reopened thirty years later, Charlie comes back for revenge on the warden who watched while he rode the chair.

Viggo Mortensen (Burke/Forsythe Electrocution), Chelsea Field (Katherine), Lane Smith (Sharpe), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Cresus), Tom Everett (Rabbitt), Ivan Kane (Lasagna), Andre De Shields (Sandor), Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr. (Tiny), Stephen E. Little (Rhino), Mickey Yablans (Brian Young), Larry Flash Jenkins (Hershey), Arlen Dean Snyder (Horton), Hal Landon Jr. (Wallace), Matt Kanen (Johnson), Rod Lockman (Kramer), Jeff L. Deist (Gate Guard), Kane Hodder (Forsythe/Gas Mask Guard), George Wallace (Joe Reese), Luciano Capozzoli (Claxton), Duke Spencer (Scully), Pat Noonan (Collins), Lyle D. Kelsey (Guard).

IN 1956, CHARLES FORSYTH WAS SENT TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR. NOW HE'S BACK ...

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger).

WRITERS: Irwin Yablans, C. Courtney Joyner and Renny Harlin (uncredited). PRODUCER: Irwin Yablans. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Charles Band. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Richard Band and Christopher L. Stone. DISTRIBUTOR: Eden Distributing Corp.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"OK special effects and location atmosphere are strongest assets of this cliched horror film." -- Leonard Maltin

FACTS

RELEASE DATE: June 6th, 1988 (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $354,704 (USA) BUDGET: $1.3 million (USA) - Filmed inside an actual Wyoming state prison.

"A thoroughly credible hybrid of the prison film and the supernatural, it has plenty of shocks, of course, but also an actual story.