The Pit and the Pendulum (1991 film) The Pit and the Pendulum (1991 film) The Pit and the Pendulum (released on DVD in the United States as The Inquisitor) is a 1991 American horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and based on the eponymous short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The film is an amalgamation of the aforementioned story with other Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", and it also appropriates the anecdote of "The Sword of Damocles", reassigning it to the character of Torquemada. In 1492 Spain, Grand Inquisitor Torquemada leads a bloody reign of terror. Opposed to the use of torture by the Church, Maria speaks
The Phantom of Morrisville disappearances, intrigues, kidnappings, and love. The Phantom of Morrisville The Phantom of Morrisville () is a Czech comedy film directed by Borivoj Zeman. It was released in 1966. The movie is a parody on Western mystical thrillers and horror films, in particular—1961 film "The Pit and the Pendulum". A musician from the symphony orchestra reads an English thriller novel during the concert, while performing his parts of the Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen". The book makes so strong an impression on him that he imagines himself to be the novel's protagonist, Sir Hannibal Morris, an owner of a huge Gothic castle.