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Director:
Renny Harlin
Writers:
Irwin Yablans (story)
C. Courtney Joyner (writer)
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Release Date:
14 April 1989 (Finland) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Horror Has A New Home. more
Plot:
The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Excellent horror film! more (24 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Viggo Mortensen ... Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
Chelsea Field ... Katherine Walker

Lane Smith ... Warden Eaton Sharpe

Lincoln Kilpatrick ... Cresus

Tom Everett ... Rabbitt
Ivan Kane ... Lasagna
André De Shields ... Sandor

Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ... Tiny (as Tom 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Stephen E. Little ... 'Rhino' Reynolds
Mickey Yablans ... Brian Young

Larry Flash Jenkins ... Hershey

Arlen Dean Snyder ... Captain Horton

Hal Landon Jr. ... Wallace
Matt Kanen ... Johnson
Rod Lockman ... Kramer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
Finland:K-16 (cut) (1990) | Finland:K-18 (heavily cut) (1988) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2009) | Australia:R | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:(Banned) | West Germany:18 (re-rating) | Iceland:(Banned) | Argentina:18
Filming Locations:
Rawlins, Wyoming, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The water that Viggo Mortensen runs through in his underwear was real. That part of the prison had been flooded for years, the temperature in the room was below 50F and the water temperature was 46F. Mortensen's shivering is real. He insisted on shooting the scenes without a double, and only at being forced to relented for some close up scenes. more
Quotes:
Lasagna: I hear you can take anything on four wheels, man, and fly it away to heaven.
Burke: Well don't believe everything you hear.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) more
Soundtrack:
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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent horror film!, 19 February 2002
10/10
Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

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.

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