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The Pit and the Pendulum (S)

Original title: The Pit and the Pendulum
Year: 1913
Country: United States
Director: Alice Guy
Screenwriter: Story: Edgar Allan Poe
Cast: Darwin Karr, Fraunie Fraunholz, Blanche Cornwall, Joseph Levering
Producer: Solax Film Company. Distributor: Exclusive Supply Corporation
Genre: Drama | Short Film. Literature
Movie Groups: Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations
Synopsis: The first story begins with a young and pretty girl named Isabelle sitting upon a hill. It is then that she is attacked by Pedro. And following the common thematic trajectory of the time, Isabelle is then rescued by the kind and brave medical student who spends his time as a minister for the poor, Alonzo. Pedro is insistent on revenge and applies to the local monastery where Alonzo works in order to frame him. He hopes to frame him for the mysterious and sudden disappearance of the church's jewels. The frame ends immediately after Pedro plants the jewels in Alonzo's home and the monks are quick to punish Alonzo and Isabelle.

Critics' reviews

"One of the most notorious horror stories about rats"

Danielle Ryan: Bloody Disgusting

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The Pit and the Pendulum (S)

1913

Alice Guy