The Pit and the Pendulum
1991 · Dir. Stuart Gordon · 5.8/10
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.
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Cast
- Lance Henriksen as Torquemada
- Jeffrey Combs as Francisco
- Mark Margolis as Mendoza
- Oliver Reed as Cardinal
- Frances Bay as Esmeralda
- Stephen Lee as Gomez
- Tom Towles as Don Carlos
- Jonathan Fuller as Antonio
- Benito Stefanelli as Executioner
- Carolyn Purdy-Gordon as Contessa D'Alba Molina
- Larry Dolgin as Sergeant of the Guards
- Rona De Ricci as Maria