Film196180 min

The Pit and the Pendulum

Name: The Pit and the Pendulum
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1961
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone

Taste attributes: horrormysterythrillerdramamonster/alien/supernaturalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealgrittyenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"Betrayal cuts both ways!"

Boxlist takeA fantastical, heavy horror film: dark and original. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: surreal · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.9 /10

TMDB · 213 votes

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
Linearity: Surreal / non-linear, where this profile leans linear / logical

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Synopsis

Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!

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