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14 April 1989 (Finland)
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Horror Has A New Home. more
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The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor. full summary | add synopsis
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Prison
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Electric Chair
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Revenge
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1 nomination
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(6 articles)
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Wot! No DVD?
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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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102 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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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
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The Warden's office set was built with windows from the real wardens office which could not be used, ironically, because of a hole in the floor.
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Considering the amount of crap that Hollywood studios churn out onto DVD these days, it's simply amazing that this absolute gem of a horror movie is only available on video (and NTSC at that!). If you, like me, are a big fan of the multi-talented Viggo Mortensen and are lucky enough to come across a copy of this film on eBay or suchlike, then I suggest you buy it until someone comes to their senses and treats this film to the DVD transfer that it richly deserves.
This was Renny Harlin's fourth film (just before he came to fame with 'Die Hard 2') and stars Viggo, as the kind of prisoner that you'd want as your friend, along with Lane Smith (he of the 'Superman' TV series) as a deliciously sadistic warden. The story takes place in a prison (no surprise there, though it was filmed in a REAL prison which adds to the atmosphere) and concerns the unintentional release of the revenging spirit of a prisoner electrocuted 30 years earlier - nuff said. Fans of truly inventive and gory dispatches will love this film. The ending is a bit cheesy, but that's the only quibble I have.
9/10
PS - Viggo does look real good in his underwear.