Review of Death Row

Death Row (2006 TV Movie)
7/10
Better than anything Sci-Fi has put out before...
12 December 2006
Warning: Spoilers
I love horror films. The more gore the better. Sometimes I watch Sci Fi to see there lineup of horror films. They usually suck and are damn corny. Not so for "Haunted Prison". It was more than I expected Sci Fi to be capable of, and I hope it continues to put out good films.

"Haunted Prison" is about a gang of jewel thieves who hide out in an abandoned prison. Little do they know, the prison is haunted and it's ghost occupants are angry. As luck would have it, a group of college kids arrives, at practically the same time, to shoot a documentary about the prison. What takes place next is lots of screams, surprises, blood, gore, death, and all mixed in with some laughs and half naked women.

Jake Busey stars as the leader of the bad guys. What the rest of his crew is unaware of is that Jake can see the ghosts and that his grand dad was a former prison inmate. Jake made me laugh a few times with his takes. Sometimes I wish he was meaner than funny. Stacy Keach and Danny Trejo round up the star names. They were not the film enough, but what they did was very good. Seeing Stacy hatch away his two legs with an ax was great. I'm glad Sci Fi allowed it in the movie.

The rest of the cast was mostly unknown actors, but they all did a very good job. I can remember times where I cringed watching other films and the acting was so horrible. Not so for "Haunted Prison". Looking up the actors names on IMDb, I understand why they were good.

Some memorable scenes for me... Ron getting smashed up against the metal bars and turning into human spaghetti. Awesome!!! Anibal getting run through a license plate machine. Jake and Brian's reaction to it was great. I could have slapped Missy when her ring hit the metal bar and alerted Jake to their presence. An embarrassed Angel asking Jasmine if she was gonna take a dump. Hilarious! Hector getting pulled into the electric chair was well done. Lisa and especially Jasmine were hot. The shower scene was nice. Great body. Too bad nudity wasn't allowed. Maybe the DVD.

I look forward to more Sci Fi films like this.
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