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.
Practical Effects
Gloriously disgusting ghost manifestations and exploding body horror.
Acting
Lane Smith's deliciously sweaty, corrupt warden performance.
Director
Renny Harlin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Renny Harlin's first American film after Finnish cult hit Born American; it bombed so hard he got fired from directing Alien³ before redemption with Die Hard 2.
Shot in an actual decommissioned prison in Rawlins, Wyoming—cast and crew swore the location was genuinely haunted, which honestly tracks.
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