The Pit and the Pendulum
1991 · Movie · R · 97 min · ★ 5.7 · 61% critics
During the Spanish Inquisition, a compassionate young woman is seized as a witch after speaking out against a brutal public punishment. As her husband fights to save her, a powerful church official’s obsession turns her imprisonment into a nightmare of interrogation and torture, loosely inspired by an Edgar Allan Poe tale.
Based on The Pit and the Pendulum
Also known as The Inquisitor · The Pit & the Pendulum
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Details
- Years
- 1991
- Release date
- 1991-06-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (143 votes)
About
If you enjoy gothic, old-world horror with cruel authority figures, dungeon tension, and graphic torture devices, this may hit the spot; Not for you if you avoid harsh violence, nudity, or bleak religious persecution themes like in Castle Freak.
Pros: intense villain performance; grim gothic atmosphere; memorable torture setpieces | Cons: uneven script; cringey moments; heavy torture and nudity
Themes
- witch
- torture chamber
- based on short story
- torquemada
- spanish inquisition
Cast & crew
Lance Henriksen
as Torquemada
Stephen Lee
as Gomez
- WN
William Norris
as Dr. Huesos
Mark Margolis
as Mendoza
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
as Contessa D'Alba Molina
- BB
Barbara Bocci
as Contessa's Son
Benito Stefanelli
as Executioner
Jeffrey Combs
as Francisco
Tom Towles
as Don Carlos
- RR
Rona De Ricci
as Maria
Directed by Stuart Gordon