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The Pit

1981 ·1h 37m · ★ 5.6 (98)

Twelve year-old Jamie Benjamin is a solitary misunderstood boy in his preteens. His classmates pick on him, his neighbors think he's weird and his parents ignore him. But now Jamie has a secret weapon: deep in the woods he has discovered a deep pit full of man-eating creatures he calls Trogs... and it isn't long before he gets an idea for getting revenge and feeding the Trogs in the process!

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
28
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
33
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
57
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
55
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
67
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
100
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
28
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
Discover with this DNA
Revenge

Setting

Forest

Content Warnings

Child in DangerBody HorrorCannibalismDehumanization
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

canuxploitation

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