With Stuart Gordon's 'Re-Animator' and 'From Beyond' among my all-time favourite horror films, I was excited about 'The Pit and the Pendulum' - especially also seeing screen legends Lance Henriksen and Jeffrey Combs together in the same film.
Set in 1492 Spain, the film plays like a Romeo and Juliet, to a certain extent. During the execution of a woman branded a heretic, a baker's wife, Maria, is accused of being a witch, and captured. The baker, Antonio, then does everything in his power to save her, knowing she would be tortured by the Church.
The Church should be ashamed for what they did during Medieval times! The ignorance and cruelty of the Church "in the Name of God" made me sick, and an unpleasant watch as a result. There were way too much torture for my liking, and I despised the hypocrites serving in the Church - the so-called righteous people. Yeah right... let me rather not go there...
The film felt all too much like it was going in circles, and I ultimately became bored. 'The Pit and the Pendulum' is also disgusting on so many levels (some intentional; some unintentional) that this is a film I'm conveniently going to forget I ever saw.
Would watch it again? No, definitely not.
Set in 1492 Spain, the film plays like a Romeo and Juliet, to a certain extent. During the execution of a woman branded a heretic, a baker's wife, Maria, is accused of being a witch, and captured. The baker, Antonio, then does everything in his power to save her, knowing she would be tortured by the Church.
The Church should be ashamed for what they did during Medieval times! The ignorance and cruelty of the Church "in the Name of God" made me sick, and an unpleasant watch as a result. There were way too much torture for my liking, and I despised the hypocrites serving in the Church - the so-called righteous people. Yeah right... let me rather not go there...
The film felt all too much like it was going in circles, and I ultimately became bored. 'The Pit and the Pendulum' is also disgusting on so many levels (some intentional; some unintentional) that this is a film I'm conveniently going to forget I ever saw.
Would watch it again? No, definitely not.