The Pit and the Pendulum

1991

Action / Horror / Romance

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 50% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 41% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 5900 5.9K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Top cast

Lance Henriksen as Torquemada
Oliver Reed as Cardinal
Mark Margolis as Mendoza
Jeffrey Combs as Francisco
1080p.BLU
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by poolandrews 7 / 10

"I don't ride on a broomstick through the air or kiss the devil's c*ck." Decent Poe adaptation.

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Reviewed by kosmasp 7 / 10

Witch Hunt

You know real ones and not fake ones, other accuse of taking place against them. Also a lot of sexual power repressed and therefor trying to find a catalyst for all that anxiety and pain (and pressure) this causes. Lance Henriksen is as intense as one can be (which make the outtakes on the disc even funnier). And his target (one of them, but the main one) is quite the good looking woman. The way she is treated is quite something. There is some underlying social commentary and you can read some things into the movie - they are subtle to a degree and some may have liked them explored even more ... but not here. The movie concentrates on what it is trying to tell us.

Therefor the story does work, there is blood, horror and nudity to satisfy anyones need. Or offend those easily ... offended and who are squeamish. You can't please everyone - that's just the way it is. And while there are quite a few movies that have the Pit and Pendulum in their story, this is quite a decent effort to say the least. Not to mention a really great cast

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