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''The Pit and the Pendulum'' is an American 1961 {{horror}} film directed by Creator/RogerCorman, starring Creator/VincentPrice, Barbara Steele, Creator/JohnKerr, and Creator/LuanaAnders. The screenplay was written by Creator/RichardMatheson[[note]]the guy who wrote ''Literature/IAmLegend'' and the ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet Nightmare at 20000 Feet]]" [[/note]] and is loosely based upon Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's famous 1842 short story [[Literature/ThePitAndThePendulum of the same name]].
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''The Pit and the Pendulum'' is an American 1961 {{horror}} film directed by Creator/RogerCorman, starring Creator/VincentPrice, Barbara Steele, Creator/JohnKerr, and Creator/LuanaAnders. The screenplay was written by Creator/RichardMatheson[[note]]the Creator/RichardMatheson[[note]] the guy who wrote ''Literature/IAmLegend'' and the ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E3NightmareAt20000Feet Nightmare at 20000 Feet]]" 20,000 Feet]]", among other things [[/note]] and is loosely based upon Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's famous 1842 short story [[Literature/ThePitAndThePendulum of the same name]].
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''The Pit and the Pendulum'' is an American 1961 {{horror}} film directed by Creator/RogerCorman, starring Creator/VincentPrice, Barbara Steele, Creator/JohnKerr, and Creator/LuanaAnders. The screenplay was written by Creator/RichardMatheson[[note]]the guy who wrote ''Literature/IAmLegend'' and the ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet Nightmare at 20000 Feet!]]" [[/note]] and is loosely based upon Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's famous 1842 short story [[Literature/ThePitAndThePendulum of the same name]].
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''The Pit and the Pendulum'' is an American 1961 {{horror}} film directed by Creator/RogerCorman, starring Creator/VincentPrice, Barbara Steele, Creator/JohnKerr, and Creator/LuanaAnders. The screenplay was written by Creator/RichardMatheson[[note]]the guy who wrote ''Literature/IAmLegend'' and the ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet Nightmare at 20000 Feet!]]" Feet]]" [[/note]] and is loosely based upon Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's famous 1842 short story [[Literature/ThePitAndThePendulum of the same name]].
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In sixteenth-century Spain, young Englishman Francis Barnard (Kerr) visits his brother-in-law's Gothic castle in order to learn more about the disappearance of his sister Elizabeth. This brother-in-law, Don Nicholas Medina (Price), informs him that Elizabeth died of a rare blood disease but is evasive about the details, prompting the young man to investigate into the {{dark secret}}s hidden within the castle. As Francis attempts to delve into these secrets, he confronts the possibility of [[HauntedCastle ghostly hauntings]], premature burial, and betrayal. Eventually, he even comes face to face with threats of torture and madness within the titular pit.
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In sixteenth-century Spain, young Englishman Francis Barnard (Kerr) visits his brother-in-law's the Gothic castle of his brother-in-law, Don Nicholas Medina (Price), in order to learn more about the disappearance of his sister Elizabeth. This brother-in-law, Don Nicholas Medina (Price), informs and his younger sister Catherine (Anders) inform him that Elizabeth died of a rare blood disease but is are evasive about the details, prompting the young man to investigate into the {{dark secret}}s hidden within the castle. As Francis attempts to delve into these secrets, he confronts the possibility of [[HauntedCastle ghostly hauntings]], premature burial, and betrayal. Eventually, he even comes face to face with threats of torture and madness within the titular pit.
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* SettingUpdate: The short story is set in the early 1800s during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars. This film displaces it to the 16th century.
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In sixteenth-century Spain, young Englishman Francis Barnard (Kerr) visits his brother-in-law’s Gothic castle in order to learn more about the disappearance of his sister Elizabeth. This brother-in-law, Don Nicholas Medina (Price), informs him that Elizabeth died of a rare blood disease but is evasive about the details, prompting the young man to investigate into the {{dark secret}}s hidden within the castle. As the protagonist attempts to delve into these secrets, he confronts the possibility of [[HauntedCastle ghostly hauntings]], premature burial, and betrayal. Eventually, he even comes face to face with threats of torture and madness within the titular pit.
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In sixteenth-century Spain, young Englishman Francis Barnard (Kerr) visits his brother-in-law’s Gothic castle in order to learn more about the disappearance of his sister Elizabeth. This brother-in-law, Don Nicholas Medina (Price), informs him that Elizabeth died of a rare blood disease but is evasive about the details, prompting the young man to investigate into the {{dark secret}}s hidden within the castle. As the protagonist Francis attempts to delve into these secrets, he confronts the possibility of [[HauntedCastle ghostly hauntings]], premature burial, and betrayal. Eventually, he even comes face to face with threats of torture and madness within the titular pit.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The Edgar Allan Poe story is quite short, and the film acts as a set-up for it. The actual story is the film's climax.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The Edgar Allan Poe story is quite short, and the film mostly acts as a set-up for it. The actual story is the film's climax.
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In sixteenth-century Spain, young Englishman Francis Barnard (Kerr) visits his brother-in-law’s Gothic castle in order to learn more about the disappearance of his sister Elizabeth. This brother-in-law, Don Nicholas Medina (Price), informs him that Elizabeth has died of a rare blood disease but is evasive about the details, prompting the young man to investigate into the {{dark secret}}s hidden within the castle. As the protagonist attempts to delve into these secrets, he confronts the possibility of [[HauntedCastle ghostly hauntings]], premature burial, and betrayal. Eventually, he even comes face to face with threats of torture and madness within the titular pit.
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In sixteenth-century Spain, young Englishman Francis Barnard (Kerr) visits his brother-in-law’s Gothic castle in order to learn more about the disappearance of his sister Elizabeth. This brother-in-law, Don Nicholas Medina (Price), informs him that Elizabeth has died of a rare blood disease but is evasive about the details, prompting the young man to investigate into the {{dark secret}}s hidden within the castle. As the protagonist attempts to delve into these secrets, he confronts the possibility of [[HauntedCastle ghostly hauntings]], premature burial, and betrayal. Eventually, he even comes face to face with threats of torture and madness within the titular pit.
