The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
"Betrayal cuts both ways!"
ThumbScore
👍 84%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 84%
(RT: 89%, MC: 78) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
John Kerr as Francis Barnard
Antony Carbone as Doctor Leon
Patrick Westwood as Maximillian
Lynette Bernay as Maria
Mary Menzies as Isabella
Is The Pit and the Pendulum good?
Most people think so. 84% audience score, estimated from 402 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 84%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
