
The Masque of the Red Death(1964)
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.


“Betrayal cuts both ways!”
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.

Vincent Price
Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina

John Kerr
Francis Barnard

Barbara Steele
Elizabeth Barnard Medina

Luana Anders
Catherine Medina

Antony Carbone
Doctor Leon
Patrick Westwood
Maximillian

Lynette Bernay
Maria
Mary Menzies
Isabella
Charles Victor
Bartolome
Larry Turner
Young Nicholas
The Pit and the Pendulum is a horror, mystery, drama film released in 1961 exploring themes of spain, inquisition, insanity, supernatural, castle, buried alive. Directed by Roger Corman, it stars Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele. In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
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