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)
Quatermass and the Pit (film) television in 1979, an edited version of which was also given a limited cinema release under the title "The Quatermass Conclusion". "Quatermass and the Pit" marked the return to directing for the cinema for Roy Ward Baker and he went on to direct such films as "The Anniversary" (1968), "Moon Zero Two" (1969), "The Vampire Lovers" (1970), "Scars of Dracula" (1970), "Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde" (1971) and "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" (1974) for Hammer. He also directed "Asylum" (1972), "And Now the Screaming Starts!" (1973) and "The Vault of Horror" (1973) for Hammer's rival, Amicus Productions.