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Pit And The Pendulum
Pit And The Pendulum
Stars: Oliver Reed, Jeffrey Combs, Lance Henriksen, Rona De Ricci, Jonathan Fuller, Tom Towles, Frances Bay, Steven Lee, William NorrisDirector: Stuart Gordon
Summary: A Grand Inquisitor leads a religious campaign of torture and violence. A woman becomes caught up in the madness when he becomes smitten by her beauty.
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 fe 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 THE PENDULUM a unique horror film, typical of Gordon's work.
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| Main Language: | English |
| Region: | Region 2 |
| Special Features: | Trailers, |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Release Date: | January 21, 2008 |
| Runtime: | 93 minutes |
| Certification: | |
| Catalogue Number: | D D D V 7009 |
| Keywords: | General, Pit, Pendulum, Horror, Occult, Sci, Fi, Inquisitor |
| Genre: | Horror/Occult |
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