The Pit and the Pendulum
(1991)
★ 5.8 IMDb · 152 votes
Year: 1991
Runtime: 97 мин
Country: Italy, United States of America
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Лэнс Хенриксен, Стивен Ли, William Norris, Марк Марголис, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Barbara Bocci, Benito Stefanelli, Джеффри Комбс, Tom Towles, Rona De Ricci
Plot
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.