Death Row

Omg wow this movie started off good but then it got so boring that's why I only gave it one star. If you want something boring to watch this would be the movie to see. Nothing they showed was real.

A group of documentary filmmakers venture into an abandoned prison, only to find themselves besieged by desperate criminals. If that's not bad enough, it appears that the place is haunted. Soon, the ghosts of murdered inmates are roaming around looking for unsuspecting college kids and jewel thieves to mutilate.

While this may sound intriguing, it's actually rather dull. It's your typical, retread story about ghouls and their victims. It's just not all that chilling, original, or fun. The usually reliable Jake Busey isn't a very engaging bad guy here, and the ghosts are mostly ridiculous.

On the upside, there are some well-done gore FX, so gorehounds might at least enjoy that...

About the worst aspect of Death Row is its cast; not because of the acting but because with half the characters being criminals, ones shown to be without qualms about killing, there's not much reason to invest in these guys.

Sure, Steven Monroe made similar characters somewhat sympathetic in Sasquatch Mountain, but Monroe's movies usually put more effort into the characters than most horror movie crews do today...

Anyways, we see these people's deaths coming from miles away. Fortunately, the writers managed to think of interesting methods of offing people, and there is occasional humor thrown in, keeping the inevitable entertaining.

Most importantly, it is fun horror. While watching people get offed one by one, without any atmosphere or investment in the characters, keeping it entertaining is important.

I see the IMDb rating is a 3, and I think it's about right. The best part of this movie are some decent gore scenes, but the rest is pretty poor. I do like the premise, an old haunted prison, but not much is done with it. Not scary or suspenseful, and the actors don't impress. I don't know what the previous reviewers who all gave it a good review saw in this but it wasn't a good horror movie, even for a B-movie. I will say the special effects on some of the gore were well done. Stacey Keach was the only star you would know, and he seemed to sleepwalk through his role. The rest of the cast are all unknowns. It's too bad because the story could have been a good one, if a big Hollywood budget was available I could see this storyline having some potential. As it is I wouldn't waste a rental on this like I did on Netflix.

I'm sorry,but this movie was not good at all.the gore was not realistic,and the death scenes elicited big yawns from me.i saw no point to this movie.it is like hundreds of others and adds nothing to the horror genre.i found the acting bad even by horror movie standards.i could not finish the whole movie,because it made my jaw too sore from yawning.i don't think too many people would consider this movie a good use of their time.most people would probably stop watching long before the end.i don't know how many ways i can say this,but this movie is just not good. just in case i haven't been clear,i didn't like it.I'll give "Death Row" 1/5