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The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

1961 80 min ★ 6.8 Horror, Mystery, Drama

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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Cast

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina

John Kerr

John Kerr

Francis Barnard

Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

Elizabeth Barnard Medina

Luana Anders

Luana Anders

Catherine Medina

Antony Carbone

Antony Carbone

Doctor Leon

Patrick Westwood

Maximillian

Lynette Bernay

Lynette Bernay

Maria

Mary Menzies

Isabella

Charles Victor

Bartolome

Larry Turner

Young Nicholas

Details

Director

Roger Corman

Screenplay

Richard Matheson

Tagline

"Betrayal cuts both ways!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$200,000

Revenue

$2,000,000

Production

Alta Vista Productions

Reviews

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John Chard

March 5, 2019

★ 8/10

Price, Corman and Matheson, Gothic splendour. Upon hearing of his sister Elizabeth's death, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to find out just exactly how she met her end. Arriving at the Medina castle, he finds the Medina family deeply suspicious characters and the castle itself a foreboding place harnessing a deadly past. The Pit And The Pendulum is the second film in the series of Edgar Al...

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Wiccaburr

October 6, 2020

★ 8/10

The colorful flashbacks, the beautiful settings, the delicious revenge, and you got Vincent Price as well. Directed by Roger Corman and Matheson doing the screenplay. And of course, let's not forget this is a Poe story. This is so good especially as the ending comes. Reminds me of <I>House on Haunted Hill (1959)</I> and if you remember that ending then you know what I am talking about. Defi...

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Wuchak

March 21, 2022

★ 8/10

_**Haunted chateau, cobwebs, rats, grisly cadavers, adultery, murder and a torture chamber**_ In 1546, a man from London (John Kerr) visits an ominous castle on the coast of Spain to find out the mysterious events surrounding his sister’s sudden death (Barbara Steele). Vincent Price plays the lord of the manor, Luana Anders his sister and Antony Carbone his doctor. "The Pit and the Pendulum"...

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