Initially published as a series of six inexpensive paperbacks, The Green Mile is a sprawling example of everything that makes Stephen King so great outside of full-blown horror. In terms of his character-driven dramatic chops, King layers the plot with a gang of fascinating people, mostly inmates and employees coexisting inside a 1930s penitentiary. However, while the story stray's from King's horror roots, that doesn't mean that their isn't extremely disturbing moments to be found. In what is officially the most brutal prisoner execution that you're likely to see, you watch as convict Eduard Del Delacroix (Michael Jeter) is executed with extreme prejudice. After scumbag correctional officer, Percy Wetmore (Doug Hutchison), refuses to wet the sponge prior to the execution, Del sits through a dry electric chair where the death is prolonged for a vicious couple of minutes. Dels head catches fire while a stunned audience look on in dismay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s9RYLabxCg
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