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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
by: Terror.Transmission • tags: 1960s • Edgar.Allan.Poe.story • feature • free • directed by: Roger.Corman • stars: Barbara.Steele • Vincent.PriceFrom Terror Transmission:
You are about to enter Hell. A world of torture and fire, betrayal and madness, Matt and Jason, darkness and fear… oh, it will be such punishment. And while you are bound to the slab, awaiting your eviscerating end, your handsome hosts shall comfort you with commentary on Roger Corman’s brilliant 1961 adaptation of The Pit and the Pendulum. As the blade swings and slowly descends, there will be just enough time for discussion on movie and director background, American International Pictures, Richard Matheson, preferred torture deaths, classic movie gals worth sleeping with, butt chins, drunken edits, and a number of other painful implements at the ready. When all of the blood stops flowing, M&J will then exit the dungeon and comment on their recent DVD viewings. We have you exactly as we want you!
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I am starting to recognize some of the sets. Yeah. [laughter] They’re redressed, obviously, from [Fall of the House of] Usher. And they’re redressed cleverly enough.— Terror Transmission,
The Pit and the Pendulum @0:30:14
I wish I had a whole lot more money, so I could take design tips from all the interior shots in all these AIP movies. No kidding. They’re absolutely beautiful.— Terror Transmission,
The Pit and the Pendulum @0:36:33
[The pendulum] is the coolest way to die. … It depends on how slowly it descends, ’cause you want to get it over quickly. You don’t want it to papercut you for 40 hours.— Terror Transmission,
The Pit and the Pendulum @0:42:44
Okay, we have Vincent Price catatonic. … Single greatest Vincent Price moment in motion pictures is when his expression goes from catatonic and he gets that smile and he starts laughing.— Terror Transmission,
The Pit and the Pendulum @1:23:30
Nicholas Medina— Maximillian wrestles him for half a minute and he falls in the pit and that’s it. And then that’s it. It’s really horrible, that kind of an ending for him. It’s very unfortunate. It’s dumb.— Terror Transmission,
The Pit and the Pendulum @1:33:51








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