The Pit and the Pendulum fingerprintHigh energy, striking style, light on feelings.
Tense and scary
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
History and the mind
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
Fast from start to finish.
The Pit and the Pendulum is tense, scary, and thrilling.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
History and the mind
Its world is built around history and the mind.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
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The Pit and the Pendulum is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and MGM+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on YouTube Free and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 77/100 (IMDb 7, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, and Metacritic 78). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 20 min
The Pit and the Pendulum runs 1 h 20 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Pit and the Pendulum higher (84) than audiences (70). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $200,000 to make and earned $2 million worldwide, 10.0 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+80GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Pit and the Pendulum in 94 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 43 storytelling tropes for The Pit and the Pendulum, including Haunted Castle, Irony, Used to Be a Sweet Kid.
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