The Pit and the Pendulum

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

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.

• Release date
• June 27, 1991
• Runtime
• 97 min
• Genres
• Horror, Romance
• Director
• Stuart Gordon

Cast

Lance Henriksen Torquemada Stephen Lee Gomez

W

William Norris Dr. Huesos Mark Margolis Mendoza Carolyn Purdy-Gordon Contessa D'Alba Molina

B

Barbara Bocci Contessa's Son Benito Stefanelli Executioner Jeffrey Combs Francisco