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The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Directed by Stuart Gordon
“A bizarre descent into hell from the creator of Re-Animator.”
Horror · 1h 37m
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.
Cast
Lance Henriksen
Torquemada
Stephen Lee
Gomez
W
William Norris
Dr. Huesos
Mark Margolis
Mendoza
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
Contessa D'Alba Molina
B
Barbara Bocci
Contessa's Son
Benito Stefanelli
Executioner
Jeffrey Combs
Francisco
Tom Towles
Don Carlos
R
Rona De Ricci
Maria
Jonathan Fuller
Antonio
Oliver Reed
Cardinal
Crew
- Director
- Stuart Gordon
- Screenplay
- Dennis Paoli
- Director of Photography
- Adolfo Bartoli
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Band
- Editor
- Andy Horvitch
- Producer
- Albert Band
Details
- Release date
- 1991-06-27
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Horror
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German, English
- Countries
- Italy, United States of America
- Production
- Full Moon Entertainment
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $3,331