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 Dead One (1961 film) The Dead One (1961 film) The Dead One, also known as Blood of the Zombie, is a 1961 independent American color horror film written, produced and directed by Barry Mahon. It stars John McKay, Linda Ormond, Monica Davis and Clyde Kelly. The narrative follows two cousins - one a businessman (McKay), the other a woman who practices voodoo (Davis) - who each seek control of their family's Louisiana plantation. The significance of "The Dead One" is that it is a regional film, one of the first two zombie movies to be filmed in color, and was thought to be a