Product Details

• Actors: Michael Paré, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, Ja Rule, Paul Wall
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Melee
• DVD Release Date: February 12, 2008
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ZBEOGA
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,141 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Detective Michael Turner (Michael Pare) investigates mysterious deaths that occur in and around a maximum-security prison. What begins as just another suicide and murder case unfolds into a furious struggle to uncover the unexplainable while escaping death at the hands of a vengeful spirit unleashed within the prison walls.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Supernatural Thriller!, February 19, 2008

By	That Review Guy (Florida, the sunshine state.) - See all my reviews

michael turner has begun an investigation involving mysterious drug related deaths in a maxium security prison and while the guards bring out body after body the guards and detective all seem at a loss until clues begin to appear as to whom or what might be killing the inmates!

**spoilers below**
this film was a bit of a surprise when I began watching it, it seemed a little slow in the beginning.
after that you begin to wonder "what the heck is killing the prisoners?" after that you get drawn in to the movie.
well come to find out the inmates are not taking drugs, turns out, the former warden had been killed inside the Furnace, and has come back for revenge to those that burned him Alive!
a pretty good film that I think most whom enjoy the supernatural and cop type films will most likely like this film. I think it was pretty good 4 stars.
*Widescreen*

buy it here!
Furnace (Unrated)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really HOT HORROR!, August 12, 2009

By	Betty L. Dravis "[e-mail], autho... (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

When rating a horror movie, I go by the chill factor (no pun intended) and the "grip" it keeps on me throughout the viewing. Furnace (Unrated) was creepily chilling, gripping me from the beginning: yellowed newspaper clippings against a dark prison background with shooting flames devouring everything in sight. The stories headlined a warden's daughter "gone missing," an old prison closing under mysterious circumstances and something about an Indian burial ground. It was an eerie start to a thrilling, supernatural horror film.

Furnace (Unrated) opens with a guard smashing his fingers while aiding in the re-opening of the walled-off section of the prison, then going home and doing something horrible, leaving his young wife devastated.

Bad things are happening to so many of the prisoners that the detective played by actor Michael Pare opens an investigation to determine what's going on in order to stop the death and destruction.

The main female lead is played by lovely, talented Jenny McShane who plays a prison psychiatrist. McShane and Pare are well cast in these roles.

What happens when the detective calls on "The Doc" to help get to the bottom of the mystery? What is one of her aging patients hiding? He's an inmate named Simon and knows something about the warden and his daughter from long ago? But what? Is he the killer or is it something more sinister? Are supernatural forces at work? And what does the prison furnace have to do with the tragedies?

One predictable outcome is that Pare and McShane's characters are attracted to each other, but the bedroom scene is not what you would expect. The evil finds them and causes one of the most frightening scenes in the movie. McShane's dramatic skills dominate this scene, which is my favorite scene in the entire movie. Realistic performance!

A performance you'll have to see for yourself to find out what happens and learn the answers to the above questions.

I highly recommend this movie--on the stipulation that you lock all your windows and doors before it commences. You might start jumping at your own shadow.

In addition to McShane and Pare, Ja Rule puts in a surprisingly good performance as a troubled prisoner. But it's no surprise that veteran actor Tom Sizemore gives a great performance as the prison guard you love to hate. He has it "in" for our brave detective so causes more twists in this chilling horror.

True horror buffs will not want to miss this one! Great graphics!

ENDNOTE:The cover fits the movie, but I was disappointed that it had pictures of four male actors on front, but relegated Jenny McShane to the back; she was, after all, the lead actress. Hmmmmm...

Reviewed by: Betty Dravis, August 2009
Author of "Dream Reachers" (with Chase Von)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Semi Decent Horror, April 6, 2009

By	Christyl Johnson (California, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just watched this movie and what I can say is it had everything a basic horror film has. Overworked cop with a sad story, angry/crazy jailman, creepy looking baddies.

I don't want to ruin anything, but I will say this. Don't come in expecting a bunch of great CGI, it's rather basic, but not cheap like a Sci Fi Channel movie. Plotline is pretty decent, wasn't expecting the twist as to why the deaths were happening, why the little girl is there, and they didn't give it away too early like many do. The three actual famous actors were pretty good, doing what they usually do.

There's only one thing though that didn't make any sense. This isn't really a spoiler as it's in the opening credits. They show a bunch of news papers starting from I think 1611 to 19-something. They went rather generic saying the jail was built on Indian land, but the missing people, don't see what that mattered...

Just go in with an open mind. I'd say this is a great rental, but not a buy, unless it's really cheap.