The Pit and the Pendulum
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
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14 horror films in catalog
House of Usher 1960
The Little Shop of Horrors 1960
The Pit and the Pendulum 1961
Creature from the Haunted Sea 1961
The Premature Burial 1962
Tales of Terror 1962
Tower of London 1962
The Raven 1963
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 1963
The Haunted Palace 1963
The Terror 1963
The Tomb of Ligeia 1964
The Masque of the Red Death 1964
Frankenstein Unbound 1990
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore 57
Slow Burn 66
Psychological 86
Supernatural 40
Creature 0
Disturbing 67
Fun Factor 50
Cerebral 99
Survival 66
Supernatural
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