Not long before the Finnish-born filmmaker Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger,
Diehard II: Dieharder) made his name as one of the go-to high-concept action
film guys of the 1990's he had some success with a couple of fine genre films.
Both in 1988, Harlin helmed arguably one of the best Nightmare on Elm Street
sequels in the Dream Master and the haunted prison film, Prison. Prison has
just made its debut on Blu-ray and DVD here in the states via Scream Factory
and folks; it's just filled to the brim with goodness.
The spirit of
Charles Forsyth (Kane Hodder, Hatchet) haunts every inch of the dilapidated interior of
a Wyoming prison. Former guard and now Warden, Eaton Sharpe (Lane Smith, Dark
Night of the Scarecrow) has a lot to do with why the prison is haunted - he
helped fry Forsyth, who was actually innocent of his crimes.