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The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum1991

★5.897 minHorrorRomance

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

Writer

Score

Stars

Lance Henriksen Stephen Lee William Norris

Cast16

Lance Henriksen
as Torquemada
Stephen Lee
as Gomez
W
William Norris
as Dr. Huesos
Mark Margolis
as Mendoza
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
as Contessa D'Alba Molina
B
Barbara Bocci
as Contessa's Son
Benito Stefanelli
as Executioner
Jeffrey Combs
as Francisco
Tom Towles
as Don Carlos
R
Rona De Ricci
as Maria
Jonathan Fuller
as Antonio
Oliver Reed
as Cardinal
Larry Dolgin
as Sergeant of the Guards
Frances Bay
as Esmeralda
Fabio Carfora
as Beggar
Michael Deak
as Guard (uncredited)

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