The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film) Quotes
1961 films, 1960s American films, Films based on works by Edgar Allan Poe, Films based on short fiction, Screenplays by Richard Matheson, Films directed by Roger Corman, Gothic horror films, Films set in castles
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“Edgar Allan Poe's diabolic classic”
“The Greatest Terror Tale Ever Told!”
“Harlot! You will die in agony! Die!”
“Vincent Price — Nicholas/Sebastian Medina”
“She was enslaved by evil in a terror haunted castle.”
“Buying and selling. Living and dying. The weave of life.”
“Elizabeth was quite dead. I would stick my reputation on that fact.”
“This groundless dread must finally be put to rest. We will exhume Elizabeth.”
“She does not haunt you, Nicholas. Can you not see that? It is you punishing yourself.”
“Until now no one has dared to film this ...... the most diabolical classic of all time!”
“Barbara Steele — Elizabeth”
“Antony Carbone — Doctor Leon”
“Luana Anders — Catherine Medina”
“John Kerr — Francis Barnard”
“Internet Movie Database (IMDb): The Pit and the Pendulum”
“Betrayal cuts both ways!
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“The razor edge of destiny. That's the condition of man. Bound on an island from which he can never hope to escape - surrounded by the waiting pit of hell. Subject to the inexorable pendulum of fate - which must destroy him finally.”
“I will tell you where you are. You are about to enter hell, Bartholomew. Hell! The Netherworld. The infernal region. The abode of the damned. The place of torment. Pandemonium. "Abbadon, "Tophet", "Gehenna". "Naraka", the pit! And the pendulum.”
“Could I have kept that ring without knowing it? Play the harpsichord without knowing it? Destroyed Elizabeth's room all without knowing it? My inner mind - creating evidence of Elizabeth's vengeful return because that mind knows. But I don't know! I will find out.”
“I worshiped your sister. I worship her still. Without her, life is meaningless. She was that substance of loveliness. [displays a painting of Elizabeth] I tried to capture it, but it was the way she walked and moved - her smile, her voice. She sang like an angel. And she could play the harpsichord as no other woman I've ever known could play.”