The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
• June 27th, 1991 • 1h 37min
Horror, Romance
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Septichexen
Released on: 2023-09-16
Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
In the sewers of Bergen, a microbiologist tries to uncover a contamination of the drinking water. T...
Teen Witch
Released on: 1989-04-28
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she's descended from the witches ...
The Black Cat
Released on: 1934-05-07
Horror
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Wer...
Warlock: The Armageddon
Released on: 1993-05-01
Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Action
Every six hundred years, a great evil has the opportunity to escape and unleash Armageddon. A group ...
Angus
Released on: 1995-09-15
Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Angus is a large, pathetic 14-year-old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of only o...
The Dellville Witch
Released on: 2010-04-24
Horror
When Sarah Richter and her daughter Michelle move to Aunt Ida's old place in the country they find o...
The Circle
Released on: 2015-02-18
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
An otherworldly evil is slipping into a small town in Sweden. Six unrelated girls have been chosen t...
A Child by November
Released on: 1992-10-30
Comedy, Romance
Dasha thirty years, she was finally disappointed in men and wants to bring child into world from a v...
The Craft: Legacy
Released on: 2020-10-28
Horror, Drama, Fantasy
An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into ...
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Released on: 1983-04-29
Fantasy, Mystery, Horror
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twiste...
Sexy Scrooge
Released on: 2020-12-04
Romance, Comedy
The last thing Meredith needed was to share an Uber with Scrooge, a cocky lawyer, on a snowy Christm...
The Thief and the Cobbler
Released on: 1993-09-23
Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the...
Troll 2
Released on: 1990-10-12
Horror, Fantasy
When young Joshua learns that he will be going on vacation with his family to a small town called Ni...
The Black Room
Released on: 1935-07-15
Horror, Crime
In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever...
The Pit and the Pendulum
Released on: 1964-01-09
Drama, Horror
A haunting short version of Edgar Allan Poe's famous story about a cruel and unusual punishment infl...
Pumpkinhead
Released on: 1988-06-09
Fantasy, Horror
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods...
Practical Magic
Released on: 1998-10-16
Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But ...
Angels and Insects
Released on: 1995-09-10
Drama, Romance
In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, Will...
The Brides of Sodom
Released on: 2013-01-28
Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
In a post apocalyptic world where vampires and witches rule, a male vampire falls in love with a hum...