The Pit and the Pendulum
A bizarre descent into hell from the creator of Re-Animator.
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6/27/1991Runtime
97 minsOverview
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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EnglishBudget
$2,000,000Revenue
$3,331Homepage
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A gothic descent into sadistic cruelty and paranoia, where the machinery of the Inquisition becomes a stage for twisted desire and helpless suffering. This is horror as operatic nightmare, grueling and relentless.
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