The Chair (1988)
Directed by Waldemar Korzeniowsky
Genres - Horror |
Sub-Genres - Prison Film, Supernatural Horror |
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this supernatural prison drama, a correctional facility is reopened after being closed for over twenty years. It was shut down after a terrible uprising culminated with the execution of the brutal warden in the electric chair. The new leader was the late warden's assistant and has vivid memories of it all. Like his predecessor, he is a rigid ruler with no tolerance for infractions. This causes all kinds of problems for the prison psychiatrist who seems to be a liberal on the side of the inmates. Unfortunately, things are not always as they appear; especially when the ghost of the old warden mysteriously reappears.
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Keywords
ghost, prison, electric-chair, electrocution, haunted, imprisonment, injustice, murder, psychology, punishment, revenge, warden, experiment, prison-riot
Attributes
Low Artistic Quality
