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The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William Norris, Mark Margolis
Runtime97 min
Rating18
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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.
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The Pit and the Pendulum (1991), directed by Stuart Gordon, is a horror-romance film loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe story. While not as critically acclaimed as some of Gordon's other Poe adaptations, the film has developed a cult following among fans of horror and Gothic romance. The movie received generally positive audience reviews, with an IMDb rating of 6.3/10 and a Rotten Tomatoes audience score of 60%.
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The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1991 American horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and based on the 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The film is an amalgamation of the aforementioned story with Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", and it also appropriates the anecdote of "The Sword of Damocles", reassigning it to the character of Torquemada.
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