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Summary: 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. (imdb)
The only similarity with the short story is the actual pit and the pendulum which is incorporated well into the film's plot. Fun movie for a boring late night.
Pretty good, but I felt like I was rewatching Corman's "House of Usher" throughout much of the runtime. Same director, same writer, same lead actor, same themes, and the same old, dark castle corridors. Nothing wrong with any of that, but it also retains "Usher's" slow pace. The movie picks up during its last block, though, and the Pit and the Pendulum setpiece is a blast. Just don't watch it and "Usher" as a double-bill, or in close proximity to one another, and it should be an enjoyable time.
This thriller has all the stock ingredients inherent to horror yarns including the castle on the hill, a fantastic torture chamber, walled-up coffins and screams in the night.
As usual, this Corman production has precious little connection with Poe, beyond the admittedly vital presence of the titular torture devices. It's fun enough in its own right, though, and represents Price and Steele's only screen pairing.
'Harlot, you will die in agony!' I've yet to see a film starring Vincent Price where he turns in a bad performance or have something/someone on screen more demanding of attention than he. As with everything else, that is the case here. There's a nice atmospheric mood and the sets are nice but Price completely steals the show, especially towards the end. The scenes of him wandering through the secret corridors were creepy as shit. Loved the actual pendulum.
Excellent camera angles and a delightfully insane Vincent Price add to the overall atmosphere, but generally subpar acting and laughably fake costumes hinder the film.
Steele is woefully underutilized with the exception of her sole scene at which she excels. Price is excellent up until a point, at which he become more of a cliche than a compelling. Still the script does an excellent job with its build and layers its horrors upon horrors; Matheson doing what he does best.
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