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Vincent Price, John Kerr, and Barbara Steele in The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

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The Pit and the Pendulum

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Edited into

    • Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)

      long shots in torture sequence are from this film

Featured in

    • You're a Big Boy Now (1966)

      Clips featuring Vincent Price are watched by Barbara and classmates at the girls school
    • Halloween Spectacular (TV Special 1972)

      The movie is presented and screened.
    • The Horror Hall of Fame (TV Movie 1974)

      A clip is featured.
    • "Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest" Pit and the Pendulum (TV Episode 1974)

      Movie presented and screened.
    • Madhouse (1974)

      Clips from the movie are shown.

Followed by

    • The Premature Burial (1962)

    • Tales of Terror (1962)

    • The Raven (1963)

    • The Haunted Palace (1963)

    • The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Follows

    • House of Usher (1960)

Referenced in

    • Beach Party (1963)

      Referenced in film
    • How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)

      When they are instructing Von Zipper how to avoid the traps, Peachy tells him to go around the straw trap otherwise he will be in the pit to which North Dakota Pete adds without a Pendulum. The original Beach Party (1963) had a cameo Vincent Price.
    • "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" Episode dated 2 April 1979 (TV Episode 1979)

      Title mentioned during interview with Vincent Price.
    • Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans (1987)

      In-joke: Deathstalker is tied to a platform with a blade swinging down on him. Producer, Roger Corman directed PATP staring Vincent Price
    • "Wogan" Episode #8.128 (TV Episode 1988)

      Alluded to by Terry during his introduction of the clairvoyants.

Spoofed in

    • Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)

    • Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (TV Movie 2007)

      Mentioned by Mandy, with Irwin tied down and a blade swinging closer and closer.

Version of

    • The Pit and the Pendulum (Short 1913)

    • The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)

    • The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)

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