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The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 44% of users liked it
    (2,173 ratings)

Only loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story, this horror film was filmed on location in a spooky Italian castle and tells the convoluted story of a mad priest who devises exquisitely painful ways of getting his victims to confess to dabbling in witchcraft. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Aug 5, 1961 Wide
MGM

Critic Reviews

  • Fred Topel, About.com

    Boring adaptation with no scares, no mood and no sex appeal (considering it's a form of sexual persecution)

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    Not bad, but I expected a lot more from Stuart Gordon.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Really underrated horror film from Stuart Gordon.

  • Victor Olliver, Teletext

    Schlock of a very fine vintage.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Phil H


    Charles Band takes on the classic 'Poe' tale here with help from a surprisingly good cast including Lance Henriksen, Jeffrey Combs and a small cameo from Oliver Reed! This film is combination of three classic 'Poe' tales which aren't that bad but as you would… More

  • Dr Blood  


    Hardly the Vincent Price film, this "remake" is by the "Re-animator" team and, as such, is fabulously gory and full of black humour.

  • Anthony V


    Puts its low budget to work.

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