Friday, October 20, 2017

Pit and the Pendulum (1961)


American International Pictures
Directed by Roger Corman
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Shout! Factory)

A man travels to the remote castle of his brother-in-law to investigate the death of his sister. He finds Vincent Price and his younger sister living alone with vague answers as the cause of her death. The younger sister reveals through a flashback a traumatic event in Price's past that may explain his actions. Strange events lead to the opening of the dead wife's tomb and sends Price over the edge of insanity. The second entry in the Corman Poe Cycle is just as good as the first. The eerie castle setting perfectly complements the Gothic melodrama, with superb performances by Price and  Barbara Steel as his "dead" wife. Score by Les Baxter and cinematography by Floyd Crosby seal the deal as a horror classic.

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