---
title: 'The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roger Corman'
released: '1961-08-12'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-pit-and-the-pendulum-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055304/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

1961 · 80 min · Horror, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1961 American horror film directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, and Luana Anders. The screenplay by Richard Matheson was loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story of the same name. Set in sixteenth-century Spain, the story is about a young Englishman who visits a foreboding castle to investigate his sister's mysterious death. After a series of horrific revelations, apparently ghostly appearances and violent deaths, the young man becomes strapped to the titular torture device by his lunatic brother-in-law during the film's climactic sequence.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman)
- **Producer:** [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Matheson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-matheson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Les Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/les-baxter)
- **Director of Photography:** [Floyd Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/floyd-crosby)

## Cast

- [Barbara Steele](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-steele)
- [John Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kerr)
- [Luana Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/luana-anders)
- [Vincent Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-price)

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