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The Pit and the Pendulum
Film / 1991

The Pit and the Pendulum

Directed by Stuart Gordon
HorrorRomance

★ 5.8/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

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
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Larry DolginSergeant of the Guards Frances BayEsmeralda Fabio CarforaBeggar Michael DeakGuard (uncredited)

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