The Pit and the Pendulum
About 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.
The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1961 horror mystery film directed by Roger Corman. Released in August 1961, it runs 80 minutes.
The film is filed under castle, insanity, spain, and gothic horror.
Vincent Price takes the lead as Nicholas Medina, John Kerr as Francis Barnard, Barbara Steele as Elizabeth Barnard Medina, and Luana Anders as Catherine Medina. The screenplay is by Richard Matheson. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV.
Nosferatu, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and Black Swan make useful companions to The Pit and the Pendulum, all filed under supernatural. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 402 votes.