THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM : !hr 20min. 1961. The MGM Midnite movie dvd.

[Flangepart]

Ah, the great tastes of R. Corman's cheese shop.....
....Stars? : Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Anthony Carbone.
....Plot? : Brother seeks facts about sisters death. Sister died in weird castle. Castle seems haunted. Haunted madness abounds. Can you say Homicidal nut case?
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STUFF TO WATCH FOR!! ::::
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....Either these are the credits, or someone blowed up a sherwin williams store.
....Water, the source of all opening sequances.
....When servants get snooty.
....Is it just me, or does our "Hero" look like a 16th century accountant?
....Oh, that weird noise? Thats just the plumbing, that happens whenever you flush...
...."Something in her blood?" so, what, a knife, an ax, a bowling pin?....
....Vinnie! Our real hero, folks...well, in a corman flick, he is....
...."You are an unyealding man, Mr. Barnard"...and as lively as a mongolian yax turd. Frozen, of corse...
....Nice music. "Plucked strings to stalk dungons by."
....Barbara steele! Man, if she was my wife, i'd be boinking her like a jackhammer......what?...oh, like you guys wern't thinkin' the same thing!........
....Face it, Nicholas, your beloved Elisabeth was a crazy as a soup sandwich.
....Man, if you think "Married with children" had a disfunctional family, try THIS bunch...
...."Sabastian in blue ". weird, but is that a chicken suit he's wearing?
....Ah...well....sis's story gives the "Dead Santa" story in "Gremlins" a run for its pasos....
....Note to the ladies. Women look good in hose, men just look funny. Thats why we like pants.
....Okey, "Elisabeth" is good at classical harpsicord...but can she play "The hedgehog song?"
....That suit of armor behind them...is it trying to take a leak?
...."I'm afraid i don't understand" and, once agine, the audience is light years ahead for ya, Francis...
....Elisabeth was a screamer. Good one, too. Normaly, men like that in a wife....
....This castle has GREAT accoustics!
...."Your mad!" Hey, join the club! The membership rates are so low, anyone can join.
....Ewww...well, that desicated corpse do lookie like Liz, alright.
....What? They buried people without waiting for, oh..i donno...Rigor Mortis, a rotting smell, vultures circiling.....you know...proof.
....Storm= climax of film.
....Nicolas...the word is torch..ya know, good for lighting up tombs?
...."Elisabeth is reeeeely P.O.d at that "Premature burial" thing.
....Ah ha! History repeats itself. but, ya know...
....Simple rule: NEVER glote over the loon untill he's safely locked up, or a stiff.
....Vinnie is in full madman mode,now!  Just like we like him.
....You think elisabeth would fight harder, after all that "Die in agony" talk.
....Finaly! Pendulum, and pit. Bout time, Rog...
....So...soon he'll be half the man he used to be(Snicker).
....As madmen go, Nicolas is a cut above! Oops, look out below!
....Well, thats cutting it close!...oh, stop sniveling!...you were makeing the same jokes, and you know it!....whiners......
....and, finaly(Yea!)....Elisabeth Medina....the most screwed adulteress....EVER!!
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Flangepart says, Check it out!
....Cormans Commentary is okey, informative, but not full of good stories. (Sigh)..wish Vinnie were around to do commentary....his- would - rule! Ah,well....
....Not a bad flick for its day, and lots of MST material! Have at it, and remember, don't crow at your madmen before their boobyhatched!
....Back to you, Andrew!

[Steven Millan]

                      One of Roger Corman's all-time classics,proving that he can successfully blend Gothic imagery,great storytelling,and classy actors into a wonderful horror classic.
                     As for this "R. Corman cheese shop",that all started as soon as he sold New World(which developed into a short-lived mini-major studio,1984-1989,whose "classics" include the first two "Hellraiser"s,"Angel","Hell Comes To Frogtown",and the all-too-immortal prison schlockfest "Reform School Girls"),and turned it into the mediocre(to the extreme)New Concorde(first,Concorde)Picutres,famous for all of their Slumber Party(and Sorority Party)Massacres,Bloodfists,and numerous Maria Ford,Julie Strain,Jim Wynorski(there's that lovely name again!!!) and Don "the Dragon" Wilson outings,that sadly lessened his respected name in recent years,but Roger's strong charisma and legendary persona has carried him through this century to fully succeed,and carry on his film producing legacy.