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.

Genre : HorrorMysteryDrama

Runtime : 80 mins

Release Date : 1961-08-23

Images (14)

Videos (2)

Reviews (3)

Price, Corman and Matheson, Gothic splendour. Upon hearing of his sister Elizabeth's death, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to find out just exactly how she met her end. Arriving at the Medina castle, he finds the Medina family deeply suspicious characters and the castle itself a foreboding pla...

The colorful flashbacks, the beautiful settings, the delicious revenge, and you got Vincent Price as well. Directed by Roger Corman and Matheson doing the screenplay. And of course, let's not forget this is a Poe story. This is so good especially as the ending comes. Reminds me of <I>House on H...

_**Haunted chateau, cobwebs, rats, grisly cadavers, adultery, murder and a torture chamber**_ In 1546, a man from London (John Kerr) visits an ominous castle on the coast of Spain to find out the mysterious events surrounding his sister’s sudden death (Barbara Steele). Vincent Price plays the lo...

Cast

Vincent Price

(Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina)

John Kerr

(Francis Barnard)

Barbara Steele

(Elizabeth Barnard Medina)

Luana Anders

(Catherine Medina)

Antony Carbone

(Doctor Leon)

Patrick Westwood

(Maximillian)

Lynette Bernay

(Maria)

Mary Menzies

(Isabella)

Charles Victor

(Bartolome)

Larry Turner

(Young Nicholas)

Randee Lynne Jensen

(Extra (uncredited))