Il pozzo e il pendolo

Titolo originale: The Pit and the Pendulum
Regia: Roger Corman |
Anno: 1961
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Horror Mistero Dramma
Tag: spain | inquisition | insanity | supernatural | castle | buried alive | flashback | gothic horror | secret door | madness | torturer | spanish inquisition | pendelum | iron maiden | 14th century |
Cast: Vincent Price | John Kerr | Barbara Steele | Luana Anders | Antony Carbone | Patrick Westwood | Lynette Bernay | Mary Menzies | Charles Victor | Larry Turner | Randee Lynne Jensen |

Quando viene a sapere che sua sorella è morta, Francis Barnard decide di recarsi in Spagna per fare maggior chiarezza sull'accaduto. Il marito di lei, Nicholas Medina, il figlio del più brutale torturatore dell'Inquisizione spagnola, gli dice che Elizabeth è morta di una rara malattia del sangue, ma Francis non gli crede. Le indagini porteranno alla luce una terrificante verità.

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Obvious discontinuity with previous shot when Leon tell's the sister how her mother was tortured. D
When Nicholas pretends to be dead, Elizabeth talks to him and moves his head towards her. In the nex [...] D
The portraits of Don Medina's father and Elizabeth are both painted in a very expressionistic fashio [...] D
When Francis pushes the door which servant tried to close in front of him at the beginning of the mo [...] D
None of the torture instruments that appear in the movie where used by the Inquisition and many of t [...] D
When Elizabeth Medina starts to open her coffin you see her hand reach out and grab the side edge bu [...] D
Nicholas can be seen moving his eyes while dead the bottom of the pit. D
When Nicholas screams "true" when finding out his wife was buried prematurely, next shot is obviousl [...] D
When Francis shows the others the trap door he discovered a modern hinge can be seen, although somew [...] D
As the pendulum is being brought down, we eventually see it slice open the shirt. In one of the foll [...] D
The musket which Vincent Price has in the cupboard is pre-loaded (he is about to use it until stoppe [...] D
When Elizabeth (Barbara Steele) follows Nicholas (Vincent Price) down to the dungeon, her lover Dr. [...] D
When Nicholas is talking to Francis about his wife in front of her portrait, discontinuity is obviou [...] D
The story takes place in 1545, as indicated by the date on Elizabeth's tomb, however in the backgrou [...] D
The name plate on Elizabeth Medinas tomb goes from looking almost brand new to worn and rusty and ba [...] D
The main character, Nicholas Medina, claims to be the son of an Inquisitor. The Spanish Inquisition [...] D
When Elizabeth is trapped and gagged in the Iron Maiden, her hands are obviously free. Why then does [...] D

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