The Pit and the Pendulum
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Movie Reviews of The Pit and the Pendulum
Movie Review: The Pit and the Pendulum
Summary: 4 Stars
For all Vincent Price fans or horror fans. No one does Poe like Price. Good cast and plot. Also would recommend Fall of the House of Usher. Also starring Price in a Poe tale. Good scary movie/old time style. Enjoy Lisa C.Movie Review: Must-see viewing.
Summary: 4 Stars
You cannot call yourself a horror fan without seeing this movie. Period!Movie Review: Corman's best
Summary: 4 Stars
A great gothic horror film. Worthy of any Hammer Horror film.Movie Review: A fine Poe adaptation & horror flick . Vincent Price RULES!
Summary: 3 Stars
The movie "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a good horror flick based during the latter part of the Medieval period. Vincent Price stars as Nicholas the psychologically deranged victim in this movie who goes absolutely insane before movie's end.
Edgar Allan Poe's masterpiece of a story is told fairly well in this adaptation. A young man goes to a remote castle because he has heard news of his sister's death. He is unconvinced by Nicholas and his sister who try to console him and explain the poor lady's untimely demise. It comes to light that she was buried alive as well...or was she?
Indeed, the story really twists as it turns out that the doctor and Nicholas's wife, (the sister of the young man described above)are having an affair much like Nicholas's mother and his uncle Barthalamew. When Nicholas is confronted by the apparent ghost of his wife, he goes insane, but what happens next is unthinkable and unspeakable as the "Pendulum" is swung into action.
Fans of Edgar Allan Poe and old time horror movies should not miss this movie and should in fact own it. I am looking for a copy myself. I do not give this movie but THREE stars because relative to the movies such as: "The Exorcist", "Halloween", "The Omen", "The Shining", "TCM" and "Salem's Lot", "The Pit and the Pendulum" pales in comparison with regard to the ability to instill horror in a sophisticated horror movie audience...but don't get your feathers ruffled because this is no slap in the face to the movie at all, but is just a reasonable an objective observation.
I love "The Pit and the Pendulum" and highly recommend it as my 3 STAR rating indicates...that is a good grade coming from me. I just love Vincent Price in this movie as he provides a sterling performance in one of his greatest roles. Still, I guess I am more of a modernist when it comes to my taste in horror movies as I believe the best horror movies were produced in early 70's through the late 80s.
Movie Review: The Pit and the Pendulum Not Satisfying!
Summary: 3 Stars
My opinion on "The Pit and the Pendulum" is not very satisfying. I liked the storyline, but not the way the director expressed it. It was very unthoughtful. The director should have put the story into other people's perspectives. For instance, the director could have made some of the flashback scenes black and white, instead of blue. The torture chamber could have been a bit more gruesome instead of "lolly fairy-land!"
The story begins with Elizabeth. As the story goes on, we experience the hysteria of Elizabeth's death. And as the story ends, we find that Elizabeth did what she did for love.
This movie is best for audiences ages twelve and older. Younger audiences would be frightened and wouldn't understand why things would go as they go.
As I watched on, I came to find out that Vincent Price played Nicholas, husband of Elizabeth and a mental patient! He was rated 2 1/2 stars for his performance. I feel he could have used more facial expressions and he could have used more action to show his relation to the character.
According to the overall storyline, I can honestly say it was very unpredictable. One event would happen, it would lead to the next, then BOOM! - something totally unexpected would happen!
The angles at which the movie was shot was very straight-forward. I feel that the camera men could have used more precise angles and could have "captured the moment" more clearly. The special effects manager could have used more effects and could have made the flashback moments clearer, not with a blue undertone.
The music in this film was very old - more classical than twenty-first century. Improvements I would have made are to make the flashbacks more visible and use language that younger people could understand. But Edgar Allan Poe wrote this very nicely, as he grabs the readers' attention and builds suspense.