The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1961 horror film directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, and Luana Anders. The screenplay by Richard Matheson was loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story of the same name. Set in sixteenth-century Spain, the story is about a young Englishman who visits a foreboding castle to investigate his sister's mysterious death. After a series of horrific revelations, apparently ghostly appearances and violent deaths, the young man becomes strapped to the titular torture device by his lunatic brother-in-law during the film's climactic sequence.
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Directed by Roger Corman
Genres - Drama, Horror, Mystery-Suspense, Thriller |
Release Date - Aug 23, 1961 |
Run Time - 81 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - NR
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Budget
$200,000
Tags
Buried Alive, Castle, Costume Horror, Cult Film, Flashback, Gothic Film, Gothic Horror, House Of Representatives, Insanity, Iron Maiden, Madness, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Pit, Secret Door, Spain, Spanish Inquisition, Supernatural/Monsters
Attributes
Based On: The Pit and the Pendulum
Narrative Location: Spain
Narrative Location: Spain
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Alternate Titles
A kút és az inga
HU
A Mansão do Terror
BR
Brønden og pendulet
DK
Das Pendel des Todes
DE
Dehset Saati
TR
Dödspendeln
SE
Dødspendelen
NO
Dødspendulet
DK
Edgar Allan Poe's Pit and the Pendulum
US
El Péndulo de la Muerte
CL
El péndulo de la muerte
ES
El pozo y el péndulo
AR, VE
Fosa şi Pendulul
RO
Het Mysterie van de Dodende Slinger
NL
Il pozzo e il pendolo
IT
Jama i klatno
RS
Kuilu ja heiluri
FI
Kолодец и маятник
, SU
La chambre des tortures
CA, FR
La fosa y el péndulo
AR, MX
Le puits et le pendule
FR
Njihalo strave
, YU
O Fosso e o Pendulo
PT
O Poço e o Pêndulo
BR
Pit and the Pendulum
, CA, GB, US
Studnia i wahadło
PL
The Pit and the Pendulum
To ekkremes tis agonias
GR
Το εκκρεμές της αγωνίας
GR
Бездната и махалото
BG
Колодец и маятник
RU, US
Провалля та маятник
UA
恐怖の振子
JP
함정과 진자
KR