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Vincent PriceNicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina
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Barbara SteeleElizabeth Barnard Medina
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Luana AndersCatherine Medina
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Antony CarboneDoctor Leon
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Lynette BernayMaria
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Randee Lynne JensenExtra (uncredited)
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Richard MathesonScreenplay
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Samuel Z. ArkoffExecutive Producer
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Les BaxterOriginal Music Composer
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The Pit and the Pendulum

In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.

Release
12/08/1961
Rating
⭐ 6.8/10
Runtime
80 min
Status
Released
Budget
$200,000
Revenue
$2,000,000
Genres
HorrorMysteryDrama
Languages
English
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John Chard
John Chard2019-03-05T21:14:19.717Z
8/10

Price, Corman and Matheson, Gothic splendour.

Upon hearing of his sister Elizabeth's death, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to find out just exactly how she met her end. Arriving at the Medina castle, he finds the Medina family deeply suspicious characters and the c...

wiccaburr
wiccaburr2020-10-06T21:16:21.751Z
8/10

The colorful flashbacks, the beautiful settings, the delicious revenge, and you got Vincent Price as well. Directed by Roger Corman and Matheson doing the screenplay. And of course, let's not forget this is a Poe story.

This is so good especially as the ending comes...

Wuchak
Wuchak2022-03-21T19:15:09.720Z
8/10

Haunted chateau, cobwebs, rats, grisly cadavers, adultery, murder and a torture chamber

In 1546, a man from London (John Kerr) visits an ominous castle on the coast of Spain to find out the mysterious events surrounding his sister’s sudden death (Barbara Steele...

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