The Jailhouse

The Jailhouse (2009)

Every old jail has a past

Small town, the American dream. A blue-collar family living the idyllic rural lifestyle. Nothing is out of place save for the lacking white picket fence - and the old JAIL that occupies the 2nd floor of their century-old home. Seth Delray knew the possibilities before he moved his wife and two kids into the old jailhouse, but the Sheriff assured him that it would take an act of God to put that place back into service. Times were tight, and it was just too good of a deal to refuse. That is, until the county jail caught fire. The Sheriff's hands were tied and he had to put displaced inmates anywhere he could find iron bars with a locking door. The Delray house was his only option. For Seth the worst wasn't the criminals locked like animals in the soiled cages above his living room. It was the mortal fear in his children's eyes, it was the piercing cold looks from his wife. It was that deep..

Date of release
2009-05-01
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Director
Billy Lewis

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: North Carolina

The Jailhouse is a 2009 American psychological thriller film starring C. Thomas Howell, Lindsey McKeon, Rey Valentin and Darren Dalton. It was written and directed by Billy Lewis and produced by Brandon Luck and Heath Franklin. The film features a family moving into a house that used to be a jail when they discover it's haunted. The Jailhouse premiered on May 1, 2009 at the Cape Fear Independent Film Festival, was released in 16 theaters in 10 states beginning May 4, 2010. The Jailhouse made its world television premiere on the Chiller Network on February 4, 2011

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