Death Row (2006) (TV)

Director:

Kevin VanHook

Writers:

Rick Glassman (written by)
Kevin VanHook (story)

Release Date:

14 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

An abandoned prison. A dark past. An evil that will not die.

Plot:

A documentary film crew gets trapped in an abandoned prison.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Ceiling Fan | Electrocution | Barbed Wire | Jewel Theft

Cast

Jake Busey	...	Marco
Kyle Schmid	...	Keith
Stacy Keach	...	John Elias
Claire Coffee	...	Missy
Scott Whyte	...	Brian
Shanna Collins	...	Lisa
Jamie Elle Mann	...	Jasmine (as Jamie Mann)
Danny Arroyo	...	Angel
Reynaldo Gallegos	...	Hector (as Rey Gallegos)
James Leo Ryan	...	Vincent
Marco Rodríguez	...	Ron (as Marco Rodriguez)
Danny Trejo	...	Priest
Julienne Irons	...	Female Clerk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Abra Chouinard	...	Hot Blonde
Russell Richardson	...	Anibal

Also Known As:

Haunted Prison (USA) (cable TV title)
R.L. Stine's Spooky Jail (USA) (working title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:R (2007)

Company:

IDT Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When Marco finds Angel dead and hanging on the wall, you can see him blink once.

Quotes:

Keith: [after Brian has almost slapped Keith to snap him out of a trance, which Keith snapped out of himself before grabbing Brian's arm] Hey, were you gonna slap me?
Brian: Well, she said that's what snapped her out of it when she went all goofy like that...
Keith: You coulda punched me, you coulda kicked me, but slap me? Dude, shove me! Dudes don't slap!

B-movie schlock

I see the IMDb rating is a 3, and I think it's about right. The best part of this movie are some decent gore scenes, but the rest is pretty poor. I do like the premise, an old haunted prison, but not much is done with it. Not scary or suspenseful, and the actors don't impress. I don't know what the previous reviewers who all gave it a good review saw in this but it wasn't a good horror movie, even for a B-movie. I will say the special effects on some of the gore were well done. Stacey Keach was the only star you would know, and he seemed to sleepwalk through his role. The rest of the cast are all unknowns. It's too bad because the story could have been a good one, if a big Hollywood budget was available I could see this storyline having some potential. As it is I wouldn't waste a rental on this like I did on Netflix.