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Budget USD 2,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 37 minutes
Country USA
Studio Full Moon Entertainment
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Other Titles
• The Pit and the Pendulum
• The Inquisitor (2000)
• Meister des Grauens (1990)
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Genre: Horror, Witches, Wizards & Magic, Religion, Prison, Disturbing, Mental Illness, Gore
Tagline: A bizarre descent into hell from the creator of re-animator.
Plot: Lance Henriksen plays Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of the infamous Spanish Inquisition, which is in full swing when THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM begins. The heretic-burning fires of the Auto da fé are raging all across Spain, the people live in fear, and no one dares speak a word against Torquemada and the Inquisition. But when a baker's wife tries to stop a woman from being burned alive, she is arrested and brought before the evil Torquemada. The mad dictator accuses her of being a witch and commands that she be put on trial, tortured into a confession, and then burned at the stake. The beautiful woman can only hope that her husband will rescue her before she is killed. Director Stuart Gordon offers up another smart, ambitious horror film in THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, which is loosely based on the classic Edgar Allan Poe story. Resisting obvious horror film tropes, Gordon laces his film with a more internal brand of horror, focusing on the tortures of the soul and the evil that men do to themselves as well as others. Henriksen is chilling as the half-crazed Torquemada, creating a character who has been twisted by the conflicting forces of devotion to God, earthly lust, and ambitions of power. Excellent acting, a well-crafted script, and good production design make THE PIT AND
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 Perverted and far-fetched adaptation from usually dependable director Gordon has Henriksen hamming it up big-time with a script that doesn't introduce the pendulum until the weak finale. Passable at best.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
Best thing about it, however, might be appearance of Oliver Reed toward the end, although it may just make you yearn to see the similar (but superior) "The Devils," featuring Reed as a priest accused of witchcraft.-- (eSplatter.com)
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 | Mark Margolis
Requiem for a Dream, Scarface, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
 | Jeffrey Combs
The Frighteners, House on Haunted Hill, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer |
 | Oliver Reed
Gladiator, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Oliver! |
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Richard Band
Re-Animator, Beyond Re-Animator, Bride of Re-Animator |
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