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The Pit and the Pendulum

Where:

🇪🇸 Spain

When:

The 16th Century

Betrayal cuts both ways! — Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!

Released in 1961 — 80 minutes

Genres:

Horror Mystery Thriller

Language:

English