I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

PRISON OF THE DEAD is another straight-to-video horror flick made in Bucharest by Full Moon Pictures. The story is about a high school reunion that takes place in a random haunted prison, now abandoned. The twentysomethings try out a Ouija board and randomly summon three executioners from the grave. Unfortunately, in the hands of the lame director David DeCoteau, there's very little to get interested in here. I liked the blue lighting of the set and the flickering lights, which adds a little atmosphere, but the budget is painfully slow and the slow-moving zombies only really come into the story at the end. Until then, the viewer must put up with irritating characters and lots of waste-of-time dialogue.

For some moments I felt as I was watching a late 80's slasher flick because some basic elements of the slasher genre were being displayed and mainly because the cinematography is pretty bad. The reality: since year 2000 many slashers and big budget horror films have turned the media's attention to the horror genre, but sadly, the genre once again has become the dark sheep of the industry. But producers don't give a damn if there's quality or not, they just want to sell mediocre films to a new generation that obviously doesn't know much about the genre's defininig movies. That's why most of these newbies in the genre accept anything!POTD has that 80's feeling for some moments but it isn't enough in these days to succeed in the genre. A group of "teens" (play the Ouija board just to awaken 2 dead prisoners buried down in the surroundings of Kristoff's (the rich owner) house. Soon after the prisoners enter the house to begin the slaughter, these teens start their own private party having sex and smoking weed. One by one these teens are killed by the prisoners, expect for Kristoff who drives to the town (I can't remember why). Kristoff knows the diabolic past of his house so he faces the prisoners knowing the only way to put an end to the nightmare...The characters weren't exactly teens as the actors/actresses were on their late 20's/early 30's. The best thing about this movie is Debra Mayer who is hot as hell! Whenever she appears she looks very sensual and seems that she was in the search for sex. The main character, Kristoff, did a decent job as the hero of the film. There's almost no gore, sex, or scary scenes. PRISON OF THE DEAD is a lame addition to this new turn the slasher genre has taken in the 21th century. But at least it tries to emulate the feeling of the 80's slasher films. FOOL MOON PICTURES deserves a mention as a direct to video company that tries to keep alive the genre. Watch it only if you are a DIE HARD fan of the genre, because if not, you'll be bored and mad for spending 5 bucks on this. Watch it at your own risk.2/10

I love horror movies, but I have to say that this movie was terrible. I'm surprised I even made it through the movie. Nothing about it was remotely scary and the kill scenes and gore were pathetic. Bad acting, crappy plot, no gore, and terrible fx make this horror flick not worth watching.

Contrary to other reviews of this movie, I thought it actually was worth a second and third watch. starts out spooky and ends spooky. very suspenseful without one of those twisted hard to follow "plots" like in bigger budget movies. filmed nicely, effects are decent, acting is not bad, this is a big budget B movie. i've seen a lot of garbage on video and this is not one of them. if you want to see crap, rent VENGEANCE OF THE DEAD, just pure sewer bilge, but the main character is nice to look at, so it's not all bad...