Furnace (2007): Cast & Plot

Blackgate Prison’s long-closed wing is reopened to accommodate an overflow of inmates, and soon a string of mysterious deaths and apparent suicides sweeps through the facility. Detective Turner, played by Michael Paré, is brought in to investigate, and it quickly becomes clear that the casualties are concentrated around the old furnace room—a place steeped in the prison’s darkest memories. As the humming of the furnace grows louder in the minds of the staff and inmates alike, the atmosphere turns thick with unease, and every locked door seems to whisper about secrets nobody wants to admit. The reopening, meant to be a practical fix for overcrowding, seems to unleash something older and hungrier than any human grievance could explain.