The Pit and the Pendulum
by Roger Corman
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Actor: Antony Carbone, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders, Vincent PriceDirector: Roger Corman
Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby
Editor: Anthony Carras
Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Producer: James H. Nicholson
Writer: Richard Matheson
Writer: Edgar Allan Poe
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: American International Pictures (AIP)
Movie Reviews of The Pit and the Pendulum
Movie Review: Am I not the spawn of depraved blood?
Summary: 5 Stars
True!--nervous--very, very dreadfully nervous
I had been and am;
but why will you say that I am mad?
Deeper, deeper
the pit holds secrets
preserved for the wretched
and silent of heart
The price is steep
the steel is all but borrowed
Torture, oh the torture
so close, so hollow
I foamed--I raved--I swore!
They make them like this
never, oh never
nevermore
Summary of The Pit and the Pendulum
The Fall of the House of Usher's success in 1960 spurred American International Pictures to quickly launch another production based on an Edgar Allan Poe story. While producer-director Roger Corman had hoped to next adapt "The Masque of the Red Death" (which wasn't produced until 1964), Pit and the Pendulum (the onscreen title) became the second in AIP's long-running Poe series. Set in post-Inquisition Spain, the film stars John Kerr as a young Englishman who travels to the seaside castle of his brother-in-law (Vincent Price) to uncover the circumstances behind the death of his sister (a dubbed Barbara Steele). Price is tormented by memories of his mother's premature burial by his inquisitor father (also Price) and fears that this sadistic legacy has contributed to Steele's demise. Furthermore, he believes that Steele was also buried alive--a belief compounded by the mysterious destruction of her room, and the sound of her harpsichord playing in the night...Structured almost identically to Usher, Richard Matheson's script fleshes out the brief original text with a fast-paced and twist-filled plot that never loses sight of the psychological themes of Poe's work. It also provides Price with the richest of his many AIP/Poe roles, a sympathetic, deeply emotional man who is unhinged by the sins of his father. Corman's direction is equally driven and fluid, and features some impressive quasi-psychedelic visuals in the tense climax. Also noteworthy is art director's Daniel Haller's impressive design of the title set piece. MGM's widescreen DVD features commentary by Corman, which focuses primarily on the film's technical aspects. Also included is the original trailer and a prologue (shot by Norma Rae producer Tamara Asseyev) featuring costar Luana Anders, which was added to fill out the film's 1968 television broadcast. --Paul Gaita
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