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Prison break? Nah. This demon breaks faces AND genres.
TMDB
40
IMDb
25
Rotten Tomatoes
20
Audience Score
20
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Shapeshifter (2005)

schlocky fundirect-to-DVD energyguilty pleasure

Overview

Horror

A maximum-security prison goes into serious lockdown mode when a shape-shifting demon with an insatiable taste for human flesh unleashes its fury on the inmates and guards.

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Content warning
institutional brutalitysurvival hierarchycorruption of poweridentity dissolution

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

Gloriously rubbery demon suit worth every penny they didn't spend.

Acting

Prison guard performances that commit harder than the script deserves.

Best for:Friends: Drunk movie night where you roast the demon together.·Background: Fold laundry while prisoners get folded by monster.·Rewatch: Only if you're tracking every terrible CGI transformation.
Heads up:Gore: Buckets of fake blood and flesh-ripping with zero subtlety.·Violence: Prison violence including guard-on-inmate brutality throughout.
G

Director

Gregory Lemkin

ReleasedNov 27, 2005
Runtime1h 21m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feellight
The Asylum

Top Cast

Jennifer Lee Wiggins

Jennifer Lee Wiggins

Ginny Lydon

Vaz Andreas

Vaz Andreas

Velku

Thomas Downey

Thomas Downey

The Shapeshifter

Joel Ezra Hebner

Joel Ezra Hebner

The Shapeshifter

Charles Schneider

Charles Schneider

The Father

Louis Mendoza

Louis Mendoza

Eddie

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Gregory Lemkin directed this after working VFX on Terminator 2, which explains the ambition-to-budget ratio.

Cultural

Part of Syfy's mid-2000s 'original movie' wave that birthed Sharknado's entire aesthetic—this is where irony-watching was born.

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