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| Eden Productions (II) | Release Date: March 4, 1988 |
Starring:
André De Shields, Chelsea Field, Ivan Kane, Lane Smith, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Mickey Yablans, Stephen E. Little, Tom Everett, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Viggo Mortensen
Summary:
The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.
With an assured visual style, Harlin stokes up the temperature to near-riot conditions before exploding the screen with electrifying special effects mayhem - floors glow red hot, barbed wire is vivified, the very pipes take on murderous life. A tough, entertaining, intelligent hybrid of hard-ass prison drama and horror-shocker exploiter.
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Starring as the prison in this rough penal pic with its special effects-laden horror story is the 87-year-old Wyoming State Penitentiary, which has attracted tourists rather than cons since 1981. The structure takes on all the menace of the house in Amityville Horror or hotel in The Shining.
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Technically, and on a performance level, Prison earns time off for good behavior. However, the story feels as if it was conceived by someone working with an expired artistic license. [24 May 1988, p.8]
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