The Pit and the Pendulum

Based On the book by Edgar Allan Poe

The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1961 American 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.

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Release date:

1961

Director:

Roger Corman

Cast:

Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders

Genre:

Historical, Horror, Gothic, Gothic horror

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1961 in adaptations