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The Pit and the Pendulum

DVD • • 1h 21m • NR • Budget $200,000 • Box Office $2,000,000

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In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.

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Other Titles:	恐怖の振子
Sub Genres:	spain, pendelum, spanish inquisition, pendulum, 1500s, torturer, secret door, gothic horror, buried alive, madness, supernatural, flashback, insanity, 14th century, inquisition, murder, castle, iron maiden
Release Date:	Theatre US 08/12/1961, DVD 12/06/2013
Language:	English (EN)
Box Office:	$2,000,000 (Foreign)
Age Rating:	NR
Director:	Roger Corman
Type:	Movie
Links:	Movies Countdown, TVDB, IMDB, Letterboxd, TMDB, WIKIEN

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June 08, 2021 - by Jeremy Thomas

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film #14 of hooptober the 6th: the producers cut one of the two greatest in roger corman's series of edgar allen poe adaptations for american international pictures, pit and the pendulum represents a deeply important film in horror cinema. while perhaps not quite on the level of house of usher, richard matheson's script is quite good in how it takes poe's short story and fleshes it out to create a psychological thriller with teases of the supernatural throughout. vincent price is known of course for playing villainous roles, but here he is quite sympathetic for much of the film, even when read more

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August 30, 2021 - by psychopik

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strange retread of house of usher that failed to connect. like everything that worked for me there got changed slightly to things that didn't. biggest gripe of all is that it felt way too euro for my euro ass and you actually get a coherent mystery from start to finish. just gimme dat nonsense. read more

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November 28, 2023 - by Stephen Kielback

tfw you know the movie won't end in a gore fest but you're wincing, gasping and clutching a pillow anyway read more

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