The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film) Tomb of Ligeia". Film critic Tim Lucas and writer Ernesto Gastaldi have both noted the film's strong influence on numerous subsequent Italian thrillers, from Mario Bava's "The Whip and the Body" (1963) to Dario Argento's " Deep Red " (1975). Stephen King has described one of "Pit"'s major shock sequences as being among the most important moments in the post-1960 horror film. In sixteenth century Spain, Englishman Francis Barnard (John Kerr) visits the castle of his brother-in-law Nicholas Medina (Vincent Price) to investigate the mysterious death of his sister Elizabeth (Barbara Steele). Nicholas and his younger sister Catherine (Luana Anders)
The Mask (1961 film) climax. There's lots of gore in the 3-D sequences, but there's no suspenseful buildup." On his website "Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings", Dave Sindelar criticized the film's "weak" script, and middle section. However, Sidelar did commend the film's 3D sequences as being "truly bizarre, full of unsettling and grotesque images, and with a nightmarish stream-of-consciousness technique", even though they didn't make sense when compared to the overall plot. The Mask (1961 film) The Mask (re-released as Eyes of Hell) is a 1961 Canadian surrealist horror film produced in 3-D by Warner Bros. It was directed by Julian Roffman, and stars