Film · Horror
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
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.
- Director
- Stuart Gordon
- Writers
- Dennis Paoli, Edgar Allan Poe
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- June 27, 1991
Cast
Lance HenriksenTorquemada
Stephen LeeGomez- William NorrisDr. Huesos
Mark MargolisMendoza
Carolyn Purdy-GordonContessa D'Alba Molina- Barbara BocciContessa's Son
Benito StefanelliExecutioner
Jeffrey CombsFrancisco
Tom TowlesDon Carlos- Rona De RicciMaria
Jonathan FullerAntonio
Oliver ReedCardinal
Larry DolginSergeant of the Guards
Frances BayEsmeralda
Fabio CarforaBeggar
Michael DeakGuard (uncredited)
