The Pit & the Pendulum (Blu-ray) R

A bizarre descent into hell from the creator of Re-Animator.
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Originally Released: 1991
  • Label: Full Moon Features

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Rotten56%

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User Ratings: 2,246
Rating: 4/5 -- Really underrated horror film from Stuart Gordon.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Dec 29, 2002
Rating: 2/5 -- Not bad, but I expected a lot more from Stuart Gordon.
Juicy Cerebellum
Jun 25, 2003
Rating: 3/5 -- Schlock of a very fine vintage.
Teletext
Aug 8, 2002
Rating: 4/5 -- The second in the popular series of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations made by the enterprising mini-studio American International Pictures, this Roger Corman picture is carpeted wall-to-wall with luxuriant gothic excess. Full Review
Times (UK)
Dec 12, 2014
Rating: 1/5 -- Boring adaptation with no scares, no mood and no sex appeal (considering it's a form of sexual persecution)
About.com
Jul 18, 2003

Product Description:

Lance Henriksen plays Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of the infamous Spanish Inquisition, which is in full swing when THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM begins. The heretic-burning fires of the Auto da fé are raging all across Spain, the people live in fear, and no one dares speak a word against Torquemada and the Inquisition. But when a baker's wife tries to stop a woman from being burned alive, she is arrested and brought before the evil Torquemada. The mad dictator accuses her of being a witch and commands that she be put on trial, tortured into a confession, and then burned at the stake. The beautiful woman can only hope that her husband will rescue her before she is killed. Director Stuart Gordon offers up another smart, ambitious horror film in THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, which is loosely based on the classic Edgar Allan Poe story. Resisting obvious horror film tropes, Gordon laces his film with a more internal brand of horror, focusing on the tortures of the soul and the evil that men do to themselves as well as others. Henriksen is chilling as the half-crazed Torquemada, creating a character who has been twisted by the conflicting forces of devotion to God, earthly lust, and ambitions of power. Excellent acting, a well-crafted script, and good production design make THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM a unique horror film, typical of Gordon's work.

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  • UPC: 859831006435
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