The Pit and the Pendulum

1991

Action / Horror / Romance

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 50% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 6121 6.1K

edgar allen poe witch torture chamber based on short story edgar allan poe torquemada

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Stuart Gordon Photo
Stuart Gordon

Top cast

Oliver Reed Photo
Oliver Reed as Cardinal
Stephen Lee Photo
Stephen Lee as Gomez
Jeffrey Combs Photo
Jeffrey Combs as Francisco
Geoffrey Copleston Photo
Geoffrey Copleston as Butcher
1080p.BLU
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 25

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

Out of the box for the era, the

Out of the box for the era, the acting is ish I got to admit but still loved it. The scene where the Cardinal drink wine was really funny.
Reviewed by Justin T 6 / 10

I actually liked it. It was like old

I actually liked it. It was like old school historic evil medieval times. The story was pretty bad-ass. Sometimes it was a little forced but it was a fun ride with only a few minor pacing issues. It had a very entertaining cast and cool setting. It was not scary like I was expecting but it was a good medieval adventure. The sounds of people moving were way too loud. Strange complaint but it bothered me! Ignoring the few minor issues like the pacing this is a kickass crusade.
Reviewed by Conner K 10 / 10

I've seen plenty of films where I disagreed

I've seen plenty of films where I disagreed with consensus due to personal taste. But I could always see where the critics were coming from. One of these blurbs is upset that there's no sex appeal. In a film about the INQUISITION. Just because there's boobs, doesn't make it porn. I thought that was basic media literacy, not something a professional critic could miss. This isn't porn. It's a story, and a good one at that. The leading woman starts out as a religious woman who seems to think the inquisitors are merely misguided in their approach. Her husband the baker, won't even go that far. There's a lot of dark stuff in this movie, but the movie fully understands the weight of all of it. Spoilers from here on out. The opening scene is of the inquisitors torturing a skeleton. The scene ends with an antisemitic remark by one of them. The film explores the idea that the inquisitor is just a misguided religious man, and concludes that it doesn't matter either way, and he deserves to die through either lens or framework, whether due to religious moralism, or the actual harm of his continued existence. He disobeyed an order from the pope to stop the inquisition. He lies constantly, still thinking he's better than these "witches." By meeting a midwife witch in her cell, the lead comes to understand that witchcraft isn't evil, but healing, and herself becomes a witch. Her husband, after facing the torture of the inquisitors himself, has grown, and still loves her. The ending line is one of the deceased Inquisitors' former underlings(not the one from the opening scene), after the prisoners are released, saying, "there will always be others." That is what this movie is for. Not for you to get horny. Jesus Christ.
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