Top billed cast

1. 

   Vincent Price

   Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina

2. 

   John Kerr

   Francis Barnard

3. 

   Barbara Steele

   Elizabeth Barnard Medina

4. 

   Luana Anders

   Catherine Medina

5. 

   Antony Carbone

   Doctor Leon

6. 

   Patrick Westwood

   Maximillian

7. 

   Lynette Bernay

   Maria

8. 

   Mary Menzies

   Isabella

9. 

   Charles Victor

   Bartolome

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-03-05

Price, Corman and Matheson, Gothic splendour.

Upon hearing of his sister Elizabeth's death, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to find out just exactly how she met her end. Arriving at the Medina castle, he finds the Medina family deeply suspicious characters and the castle itself a foreboding place harnessing a deadly past.

The Pit And The Pendulum is the second film in the series of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations that director Roger Corman tackled, it's also easily one of the best. Part horror, part dreamy thriller, and of course with little dashes of humour within, it all comes together ra...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$200,000.00

Revenue
$2,000,000.00

Keywords

• spain
• inquisition
• insanity
• supernatural
• castle
• buried alive
• flashback
• gothic horror
• secret door
• madness
• torturer
• spanish inquisition
• pendelum
• iron maiden
• 14th century