The Last Horror Film in Barcelona, Spain. It was first released on home video in the USA on May 23, 1984 by Media Home Entertainment, having never gotten a theatrical release. Feeling that the lack of a DVD release was unjust for such a cult classic, Troma Entertainment re-released the film under its 'Tromasterpiece Collection' label. Now under its original working title, "The Last Horror Film" has been re-released with hours of special features including interviews, commentaries, documentaries and the unfinished 'Maniac 2', which was Spinell's last work as an actor. The Last Horror Film The Last Horror Film (also known as Fanatic) is
The Pit and the Pendulum the shrinking chamber in the "Pit and the Pendulum" after Mudford's story was published in "Blackwood's magazine" in 1830. "The Pit and the Pendulum" was included in "The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present" for 1843, published by Carey & Hart. It was slightly revised for a republication in the May 17, 1845 issue of the "Broadway Journal". William Butler Yeats was generally critical of Poe, calling him "vulgar." Of "The Pit and the Pendulum" in particular he said, "[it does] not seem to me to have permanent literary value of any kind... Analyse the Pit and the Pendulum