Pit And The Pendulum
– Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Med..
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!
12 Aug 1961
English
Roger Corman
Richard Matheson (screenplay), Edgar Allan Poe (story "The Pit and the Pendulum")
Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the brutest torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive! Strange things then start to happen in the Medina castle.
American International Pictures (AIP)