The Pit and the Pendulum

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Blobbo X @Blobbo Nov 13 Enjoyed by lttle blob friends back in day. See more Tha HunnieDip Brand B Jun 27 This Move kept me on the edge. Every time the Pendulum Swung OMG I was chewing off my nails. This was a great movie, 1961 version, this was 1 of my Old School Faves💖 See more Madoka A Jun 23 Fantastic. Spooky. Funny. Great product! Really good! See more Hector I Jun 1 An adaptation of Poe's novella, the film follows little of the story, which takes place just as the Inquisition is torturing Spain in the 16th century. Here, we follow an English gentleman who comes to Spain to find the reasons for the death of his sister, just married to Nicolas Medina (Vincent Price), whose father was a bloody inquisitor who used a torture chamber. Haunted by the atmosphere, she is said to have died of fright. More than a horror film, this is a thriller in which we constantly wonder whether Nicolas is telling us everything. We don't know if he's haunted by what he saw in his youth, or if he's really inhabited by the spirit of his father. We even doubt ourselves, as the fantastic is always suggested, never obvious. A very good film that will influence the Giallo with its interweaving of mystery/fantasy and thriller, just like the paranoid thrillers in the USA in the 70s. See more alan g @agenser Mar 14 Not Edgar Allen Poe but a completely different plot. Vincent Price is his Over The Top best. See more Dave S 07/13/2024 Arguably the best of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allen Poe adaptations, The Pit and the Pendulum is an atmospheric horror thriller set on the rocky coast of Spain in the 16th century. The story, which understandably takes liberties with Poe’s short story, is of a journey by an Englishman (John Kerr) to a remote Spanish castle to investigate the death of his sister, the wife of the reclusive Nicholas Medina (Vincent Price), who happens to be the son of a ruthless inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition. The film works on the strength of some excellent cobweb-draped sets, a solid score, a script by Richard Matheson that keeps you guessing, some surprisingly assured direction from Corman, and solid performances all around. The hokey flashback sequences feel out of place but, other than that, it is a more than respectable offering from the king of the B movies. See more Read all reviews

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