Boasting an admittedly unusual cast and not much else, THE CHAIR is a comic horror film that sat on the shelf for several years and didn't see release until after several superior movies with a similar basis had already come out.
Young social worker Lisa Titus (Trini Alvarado) arrives at an abandoned prison to assist Dr. Harold Langer (James Coco) in his new, experimental rehabilitation program. As the inmate subjects are brought in, they are lectured by warden Eddie Dwyer (Paul Benedict) before being met by Langer, who
gives them such unusual therapy aids as individual portable radios. The prison is afflicted with power problems, and when an electrician arrive...
Released:
1989
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins