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The Pit and the Pendulum
"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story is deemed guilty for an unnamed crime and put into a...
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An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe
An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe (1972) is a 52-minute film which features Vincent Price, in front of a live audience, reciting four of Edgar Allan Poe's stories.
The stories included are: "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Sphinx", "The Cask of Amontillado...
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1961 horror film directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, and Luana Anders. The screenplay by Richard Matheson was based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story of the same name. Set in 16th...
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The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum (released on DVD in the United States as The Inquisitor) is a 1991 horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It received an R rating for violence, scenes of torture, and nudity....
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The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum is a program from the American radio anthology series Radio Tales. This award-winning anthology series adapted classic works of American and world literature, and was a recipient of funding from the National Endowment for...
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