---
title: 'The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stuart Gordon'
released: '1991-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-pit-and-the-pendulum-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100369/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)

1991 · 97 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1991 American horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and based on the 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The film is an amalgamation of the aforementioned story with Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", and it also appropriates the anecdote of "The Sword of Damocles", reassigning it to the character of Torquemada.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stuart Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-gordon)
- **Editor:** [Andy Horvitch](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-horvitch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Band](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-band)
- **Producer:** [Charles Band](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-band), [Albert Band](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-band)
- **Director of Photography:** [Adolfo Bartoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolfo-bartoli)

## Cast

- [Rona De Ricci](https://cinepixo.com/people/rona-de-ricci)
- [Benito Stefanelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/benito-stefanelli)
- [Mark Margolis](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-margolis)
- [Frances Bay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-bay)
- [Geoffrey Copleston](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-copleston)
- [Stephen Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-lee)
- [Tom Towles](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-towles)
- [Oliver Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-reed)
- [Jeffrey Combs](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-combs)
- [Lance Henriksen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lance-henriksen)

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