The Pit and the Pendulum

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.

• Dennis PaoliScreenplay
• Stuart GordonDirector
• Richard BandOriginal Music Composer

• Lance HenriksenTorquemada
• Stephen LeeGomez
• William NorrisDr. Huesos
• Mark MargolisMendoza
• Carolyn Purdy-GordonContessa D'Alba Molina
• Barbara BocciContessa's Son
• Benito StefanelliExecutioner
• Jeffrey CombsFrancisco
• Tom TowlesDon Carlos
• Rona De RicciMaria
• Jonathan FullerAntonio
• Oliver ReedCardinal