Prison
“Horror has a new home.”
After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.
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Cast
17 people
Viggo Mortensen
Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
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Chelsea Field
Katherine Walker
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No other roles listed
Mickey Yablans
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Marked for Death
Renny Harlin Director · C. Courtney Joyner Screenplay Richard Band Composer
Worldwide gross $355K · Budget $4M · United States release March 4, 1988
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$354,704
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Empire Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · October 28, 1987
Premiere · MIFED
United States · March 4, 1988
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
Germany
March 30, 1988 · Physical · Video Premiere
January 29, 2000 · TV · RTL 2
February 25, 2016 · Physical · Koch Media Blu-Ray
February 8, 2018 · Physical · Koch Media DVD & Blu-Ray
Ireland
September 23, 1988 · Theatrical
Italy
December 11, 2023 · Physical
United Kingdom
December 8, 1987 · Theatrical
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