The Pit & the Pendulum
Only loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story, this well-rendered and intelligent horror film was filmed on location in a spooky Italian castle and tells the convoluted story of a mad priest who devises exquisitely painful ways of getting his victims to confess to dabbling in witchcraft.
Director: Stuart Gordon
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Rona De Ricci, Jonathan Fuller, Francis Bay, Jeffrey Combs