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The Pit and the Pendulum
UNITED STATES · 1961

The Pit and the Pendulum

Roger Corman
Spanish Inquisition revenge psychological torture family secrets gothic horror
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Synopsis

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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