{"id":48161,"date":"2020-03-21T10:48:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T17:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48161"},"modified":"2020-11-23T20:32:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T03:32:45","slug":"pit-and-the-pendulum-the-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48161","title":{"rendered":"Pit and the Pendulum, The (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I am responsible; if it were not so, she would not want to haunt me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Poster.jpg 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 16th century Spain, a man (John Kerr) visits the grieving husband (Vincent Price) of his recently deceased sister (Barbara Steele), demanding more details about her mysterious death &#8212; but he quickly learns that supernatural forces may be at work in this house with a morbid past.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara Steele Films<\/li>\n<li>Edgar Allan Poe Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Roger Corman Films<\/li>\n<li>Vincent Price Films<\/li>\n<li>Widows and Widowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAfter <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48181\"><em>The Fall of the House of Usher<\/em> (1960)<\/a>, producer\/director Roger Corman&#8217;s second adaptation of an Edgar Allen Poe tale was this atmospheric horror flick which, as usual, uses Poe&#8217;s story as merely the vaguest inspiration. The sets and cinematography are lush, but the storyline takes a while to get going, and the acting (other than Price&#8217;s ham-fest) is fairly wooden. However, once various plot twists occur, things suddenly get quite exciting, and the finale is (literally) gripping. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Price&#8217;s hammy performance as Nicholas Medina<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Price2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Price2-1024x484.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Price2-1024x484.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Price2-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Price2-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Price2-768x363.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Price2-1536x727.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Price2.png 1731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Sets-1024x484.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Sets-1024x484.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Sets-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Sets-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Sets-768x363.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Sets-1536x726.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Sets.png 1757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Cinematography2-1024x486.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Cinematography2-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Cinematography2-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Cinematography2-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Cinematography2-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Cinematography2-1536x729.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Cinematography2.png 1731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An exciting finale<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Finale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Finale-1024x494.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Finale-1024x494.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Finale-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Finale-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Finale-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Finale-1536x742.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pit-and-the-Pendulum-Finale.png 1721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s certainly worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055304\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4411pric.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/pit-and-the-pendulum-1961.htm\">Moria Review (spoiler alert)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4976&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/86756\/the-pit-and-the-pendulum#articles-reviews?articleId=159725\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I am responsible; if it were not so, she would not want to haunt me.&#8221; Synopsis: In 16th century Spain, a man (John Kerr) visits the grieving husband (Vincent Price) of his recently deceased sister (Barbara Steele), demanding more details about her mysterious death &#8212; but he quickly learns that supernatural forces may be at work in this house with a morbid past. Genres: Barbara Steele Films Edgar Allan Poe Films Horror Films Roger Corman Films Vincent Price Films Widows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48161\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48161"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54294,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48161\/revisions\/54294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}