El péndulo de la muerte

Título original: Pit and the Pendulum

1961
A
1h 20min

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Vincent Price, Antony Carbone, John Kerr, and Barbara Steele in El péndulo de la muerte (1961)

In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.

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En el siglo XVI, Francis Barnard viaja a España para aclarar las extrañas circunstancias de la muerte de su hermana después de casarse con el hijo de un cruel inquisidor español.En el siglo XVI, Francis Barnard viaja a España para aclarar las extrañas circunstancias de la muerte de su hermana después de casarse con el hijo de un cruel inquisidor español.En el siglo XVI, Francis Barnard viaja a España para aclarar las extrañas circunstancias de la muerte de su hermana después de casarse con el hijo de un cruel inquisidor español.

Dirección
- Roger Corman
Guión
- Richard Matheson
- Edgar Allan Poe
Reparto principal

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7,0/10

17 mil

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Dirección
- Roger Corman
Guión
- Richard Matheson
- Edgar Allan Poe
Reparto principal

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Curiosidades
To increase the pendulum's sense of deadly menace, director Roger Corman took out every other frame during the editing stage making the blade appear to move twice as fast.

Pifias
None of the torture instruments that appear were used by the Inquisition, and many of them didn't exist during the time the story is set. One of the most clear examples is the iron maiden, which was invented during the 18th century.

Citas
Don Nicholas Medina: I will tell you where you are. You are about to enter hell, Bartholomew. Hell! The Netherworld. The infernal region. The abode of the damned. The place of torment. Pandemonium. "Abbadon, "Tophet", "Gehenna". "Naraka", the pit! And the pendulum.

Versiones alternativas
Two shots of a corpse's face in a coffin were cut by the BBFC from the original UK cinema version. All later versions were uncut.

Conexiones
Edited into Doctor G y su máquina de bikinis (1965)

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The Pit and the Pendulum (7/10)

Three legendary figures, one in writing, and one in film-making, and one in acting are responsible for bringing The Pit and the Pendulum to life. It's Edgar Allen Poe's story about a brother struggling to come to terms about how his sister's untimely death happened. He goes to the mansion of Nicholas Medina, played by the magnificent Vincent Price, to look for answers. The Pit and the Pendulum for a 60's movie is attention getting by how powerful and mystique the actors and actresses characters are, and the brilliant story and script that intertwines very nicely. Roger Corman direction was astounding as well, making me realize why he's so acclaimed by his film-making peers. The Pit and the Pendulum is a nice little horror flick that I watched with no expectations and had no regrets spending the time and money to watch it.