The Pit and the Pendulum (1991 film)

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The Pit and the Pendulum
Directed by	Stuart Gordon
Screenplay by	Dennis Paoli
Based on	"The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Cask of Amontillado" 1842 story by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by	Albert Band Charles Band Michael Catalano
Starring	Lance Henriksen Rona De Ricci Jonathan Fuller Jeffrey Combs Tom Towles Stephen Lee William J. Norris Frances Bay Oliver Reed
Cinematography	Adolfo Bartoli
Edited by	Andy Horvitch
Music by	Richard Band
Production company	Full Moon Features
Distributed by	Paramount Home Video
Release date	June 27, 1991 (1991-06-27)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,000,000 (estimated)
Box office	$3,331 (USA)

The Pit and the Pendulum (released on DVD in the United States as The Inquisitor) 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.