Review of The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) by Kevin D — 06 Jan 2008
I watched this movie knowing nothing previously about the movie and though this is not a great movie, I certainly enjoyed it and would re-visit it without actively seeking it out to watch again.
The movie plays like an extended version of â??The Twilight Zoneâ?? with the premise being the lead character Francis Barnard goes to unnamed costal castle in Spain to investigate his sisters death.
The story slowly unfolds with the level of macabre and suspense increasing as the movie goes along. I do not know how faithful the movie is to the Edgar Allen Poe tale upon which it is based but it certainly has a Poe gothic feel to it.
Vincent Price hams it up very well as you would expect from a veteran of so many horror movies and in playing Don Medina he is at least not playing the out and out villain for a change.
Roger Corman directs well and for the time this is quite chilling thoughtful horror. Give it a go.
This review of The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) was written by Kevin D on 06 Jan 2008.
The Pit and the Pendulum has generally received mixed reviews.
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