The Pit and the Pendulum

Name: The Pit and the Pendulum
Director: Stuart Gordon
Genre: Horror, Romance
Released: 1991-06-27
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 5.776
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William Norris, Mark Margolis, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon

“A bizarre descent into hell from the creator of Re-Animator.”

1991

1h 37m

Horror Romance

Director: Stuart Gordon

Writer: Dennis Paoli

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Overview

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.