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CrimeYear1987Duration1h 42mIMDb5.8

Prison

CrimeDramaHorror

The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.

Trailer

Cast

Renny Harlin

Director

Lane Smith

Warden Ethan Sharpe

Viggo Mortensen

Burke

Viggo Mortensen

Forsythe Electrocution

Chelsea Field

Katherine Walker

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Burton Cresus

Tom Everett

Rabbitt

Ivan Kane

Joe 'Lasagna' Lazaro

André De Shields

Sandor

Tom Lister Jr.

Tiny

Stephen E. Little

Rhino

Mickey Yablans

Brian Young

Larry Flash Jenkins

Hershey

Arlen Dean Snyder

Capt. Carl Horton

Hal Landon Jr.

Officer Wallace

MK

Matt Kanen

Officer Johnson

RL

Rod Lockman

Officer Kramer

JL

Jeff L. Deist

Gate Guard

Kane Hodder

Charles Forsythe

Kane Hodder

Gas Mask Guard

George D. Wallace

Joe Reese

Irwin Yablans

Writer

C. Courtney Joyner

Writer

Renny Harlin

Writer

Comments

10 Comments

Mr. GroovieAug 7, 2024

This is one of the greatest horror movie. the characters played their roles very well

Sylvester Tumelo LesMay 29, 2023

source: Prison

GuchiNov 18, 2022

Samrawit ShemsuNov 16, 2022

Prison

Lamar Nov 16, 2022

Some of the most tame prisoners ever seen on film are transferred to a prison haunted by an executed man years earlier. Was the evil warden involved? Uh, yes. A young Viggo Mortensen, showing none of the talent he showcased in his later work, is some sort of hotshot prisoner. A whole lot of nothing happens, except lots of blue gels over movie lights and added smoke to make shafts of light. It's a boring and lame forgotten 80s horror entry that should stay forgotten. Doesn't even deliver requisite gore and shocks. A flatline of a movie that takes its silly premise deadly serious. You'll be hard pressed to remember anything that happened except for lots of blue.

Moe GhandourNov 16, 2022

No great shakes in terms of scripting and originality, but this interesting horror film has an unusual, realistic edge that sets it apart from most routine thrillers. Well-drawn characters and first-rate effects make this a perfectly decent, if minor, effort. The explosive final sequence is very well-edited.

MouradkissiNov 16, 2022

Viggo Mortensen stars as a new inmate of a haunted prison in which the warden (Played well by Lane Smith) has a grisly secret that could be the reason why various prison guards and inmates are being slaughtered by a supernatural presence. Lincoln Kilpatrick is the lifer who knows the secret and is scared for his life. When I think prison movies, I always think action movies starring Stallone or Van Damme or high caliber dramas such as Shawshank Redemption or The Green Mile. However I didn't expect a ghost story more along the lines of Exorcist III. Prison however is an atmospheric effort and it certainly remains the best movie of Renny Harlin's career. The movie is creepy and has some good acting from a cast of (at the time) unknowns. Lane Smith comes off the best because his warden isn't the usual cliché of evil personified but rather nervous and twitchy which adds some credibility to a movie that far exceeds expectations. *** out of 4-(Good)

M 2bosha3lah👌🔥Nov 16, 2022

Story of a wrongly executed prisoner who haunts the prison he was electrocuted in and kills random prisoners while waiting to take revenge on the man who framed him. Viggo Mortensen is great, and the acting is pretty good overall. Lane Smith is deliciously wicked as the guilty warden. Also, this film has some great gore, including death by barbed-wire mummification.

Ayoub DaouNov 16, 2022

Renny Harlin's first American film was one of the best of a slew of prison-set horror films(like "Death House" or "The Chair")in the late 80's.Twenty years before,guard Lane Smith had wrongfully executed a condemned man.Now,he is the warden of the newly re-opened prison,and the man's ghost is back for bloody revenge.This atmospheric and very moody film features lots of gruesome gore and violence.Viggo Mortensen,Tiny Lister,Tom Everett and Kane Hodder are onhand for the entertaining carnage.

Initials & zodiacs❤️Nov 16, 2022

As prison movies go, "Prison" easily rises above expectations. Competent acting by Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, and a cast of prison stereotypical character actors carries the movie into above average territory. The abandoned Wyoming prison where it was filmed is interesting, and lends authenticity. Although the horror prison aspect has been done more recently, there is a certain quality to "Prison" that has not been replicated. I'm not sure what it is, but the combination of likable characters that have some development fighting an unleashed spirit is depicted quite well, in the tradition of great films like "The Keep". - MERK

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