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The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Tom Lister Jr.
- Tiny
- (as Tom 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
- Director
- Writers
- Irwin Yablans
- C. Courtney Joyner
- Renny Harlin(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe prison where the movie was shot, the former Wyoming State Prison located in Rawlins, Wyoming, has daily tours and much of the set remains intact from when crews filmed there in 1987.
- GoofsWhen Lasagna is shot in the back by the ghost-manned machine guns, empty squib blood packs fly out of the bullet holes in the front of his shirt.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
- SoundtracksLove Will Be Hurrying to You
Written by Margaret Connell and Melissa Connell
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Behind bars...
Viggo Mortensen stars as a new inmate of a haunted prison in which the warden (Played well by Lane Smith) has a grisly secret that could be the reason why various prison guards and inmates are being slaughtered by a supernatural presence. Lincoln Kilpatrick is the lifer who knows the secret and is scared for his life. When I think prison movies, I always think action movies starring Stallone or Van Damme or high caliber dramas such as Shawshank Redemption or The Green Mile. However I didn't expect a ghost story more along the lines of Exorcist III. Prison however is an atmospheric effort and it certainly remains the best movie of Renny Harlin's career. The movie is creepy and has some good acting from a cast of (at the time) unknowns. Lane Smith comes off the best because his warden isn't the usual cliché of evil personified but rather nervous and twitchy which adds some credibility to a movie that far exceeds expectations.
*** out of 4-(Good)
*** out of 4-(Good)
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Presidio
- Filming locations
- Rawlins, Wyoming, USA(Wyoming State Prison)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $345,704
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $63,792
- May 8, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $345,704
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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