- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Release: 1961-08-23
- Director: Roger Corman
- Writers: Richard Matheson (I) (1926–2013) , Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
- Language: English
- Stars: Vincent Price , Vincent Price , Barbara Steele , John Kerr , Luana Anders , Antony Carbone , Patrick Westwood , Lynette Bernay , Larry Turner , Mary Menzies , Charles Victor
- Runtime: 80 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: La fosa y el péndulo (Argentina) , Njihalo strave , To ekkremes tis agonias (Greece) , O Poço e o Pêndulo (Brazil) , A kút és az inga (Hungary) , La fosa y el péndulo (Peru) , 恐怖の振子 (Japan) , Studnia i wahadło (Poland) , El péndulo de la muerte (Spain) , La chambre des tortures (Canada) , Brønden og pendulet (Denmark) , Le puits et le pendule (France, French Republic) , Kuilu ja heiluri (Finland) , El pou i el pèndol (Spain) , Dødspendulet (Denmark) , O Fosso e o Pêndulo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Pit and the Pendulum (United States of America) , Jama i klatno (Serbia) , El Péndulo de la Muerte (Chile) , Dehşet Saati (Turkey) , Pit and the Pendulum (United Kingdom) , Edgar Allan Poe's Pit and the Pendulum (United States of America) , Das Pendel des Todes , The Pit and the Pendulum , Dödspendeln (Sweden) , A Mansão do Terror (Brazil) , Het Mysterie van de Dodende Slinger (Netherlands the) , Провалля та маятник (Ukraine) , Колодец и маятник , Il pozzo e il pendolo (Italy) , The Pit and the Pendulum (Canada) , Бездната и махалото (Bulgaria) , El pozo y el péndulo (Venezuela) , La chambre des tortures (France, French Republic) , El pozo y el péndulo (Argentina) , La fosa y el péndulo (Mexico) , Το εκκρεμές της αγωνίας (Greece) , Dødspendelen (Norway) , Das Pendel des Todes (Germany) , Fosa şi Pendulul (Romania)陷坑与钟摆
- Plot:
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!
- IMDB:tt0055304
Pit and the Pendulum Cast · · · ALL
Roger Corman
Director
Vincent Price
Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina
John Kerr
Francis Barnard
Barbara Steele
Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Luana Anders
Catherine Medina
Antony Carbone
Doctor Leon
Patrick Westwood
Maximillian
Lynette Bernay
Maria
Mary Menzies
Isabella
Randee Lynne Jensen
Extra (uncredited)