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| Vincent Price | ... | Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina | |
| John Kerr | ... | Francis Barnard | |
| Barbara Steele | ... | Elizabeth Barnard Medina | |
| Luana Anders | ... | Catherine Medina | |
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Antony Carbone | ... | Doctor Charles Leon |
| Patrick Westwood | ... | Maximillian | |
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Lynette Bernay | ... | Maria (as Lynne Bernay) |
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Larry Turner | ... | Nicholas as a Child |
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Mary Menzies | ... | Isabella |
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Charles Victor | ... | Bartolome |
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Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the brutest 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! Strange things then start to happen in the Medina castle. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>
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murder | torture | gothic horror | spanish inquisition | buried alive |Taglines:
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EnglishRelease Date:
12 August 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Edgar Allan Poe's Pit and the Pendulum See more »Edit
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Budget:
$200,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$2,000,000Company Credits
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To increase the pendulum's sense of deadly menace, director Roger Corman took out every other frame during the editing stage making the blade appear to move twice as fast. See more »Goofs
None of the torture instruments that appear in the movie where used by the Inquisition and many of them even didn't existed during the time the story is set. One of the most clear examples is the Iron Maiden that was invented during the 18th century. See more »
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"The Pit and the Pendulum" is the second of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe's adaptations with a screenplay by Richard Matheson.Vincent Price's performance is an obvious highlight of the film.Legendary horror actresses Luana Anders("Dementia 13")and Barbara Steele("Shivers","Silent Scream","Black Sunday")co-star in this extremely atmospheric chiller.To sum up,"The Pit and the Pendulum" is one of Roger Corman's finest offerings-it's creepy,unsettling and extremely entertaining.A masterpiece that easily gets 10 out of 10!