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 Amityville Horror (2005 film) The Amityville Horror (2005 film) The Amityville Horror is a 2005 American horror film directed by Andrew Douglas and written by Scott Kosar. It is a based on the novel The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson and is a remake of the 1979 film The Amityville Horror. It is the ninth installment of the "Amityville" film series, which documents the alleged experiences of the Lutz family after they moved into a house on Long Island where Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered six members of his family in 1974. In 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his family at their house at 112