Directed by:
Stuart GordonScreenplay:
Dennis PaoliCinematography:
Adolfo BartoliComposer:
Richard BandCast:
Lance Henriksen, Rona De Ricci, Mark Margolis, Jeffrey Combs, Jonathan Fuller, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Oliver Reed, Frances Bay, Tom Towles, Stephen Lee (more)Plots(1)
In the quest to save souls, the Spanish Inquisition will stop at nothing and knows no boundaries for its evil. Under the direction of Torquemada (Lance Henriksen) the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, a young baker’s wife named Maria (Rona De Ricci) is falsely accused of witchcraft and dragged before the Inquisition and the Cardinal (Oliver Reed). Torquemada is enchanted by Maria’s beauty and subjects her and her husband Antonio (Jonathan Fuller) to heinous tortures hoping to prove that his own desires for her are a result of her magic, and that she has “bewitched him”. With the help of Esmerelda, Maria’s cellmate and confessed witch, Maria must find the power to save her husband Antonio from Torquemada’s ultimate machine of torture: the inevitable, razor sharp pendulum poised over the inescapable pit of hell. (88 Films)
(more)Cast
![Lance Henriksen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/615/162615985_efdbcd.png)
Lance Henriksen
USA
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Terminator (1984)
Dead Man (1995)
Rona De Ricci
Best movies:
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
![Mark Margolis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/882/167882118_30hqad.jpg)
Mark Margolis
USA
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Scarface (1983)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (video compilation)
![Jeffrey Combs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267541_39d29a.jpg)
Jeffrey Combs
USA
Best movies:
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising (2013) (TV movie)
Re-Animator (1985)
Jonathan Fuller
Best movies:
Bigger (2018)
Castle Freak (1995)
Campfire Tales (1997)
![Carolyn Purdy-Gordon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812567_fe2a9a.jpg)
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Re-Animator (1985)
Dolls (1987)
From Beyond (1986)
![Oliver Reed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267630_78adbe.jpg)
Oliver Reed
UK
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Trap (1966)
![Frances Bay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276479_8e179d.jpg)
Frances Bay
Canada
Best movies:
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) (TV movie)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
![Tom Towles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412577_7e65d7.jpg)
Tom Towles
USA
Best movies:
The Rock (1996)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Blood In, Blood Out (1993)
![Stephen Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/728/158728254_904da9.jpg)
Stephen Lee
USA
Best movies:
The Negotiator (1998)
La Bamba (1987)
Purple Hearts (1984)
Larry Dolgin
Best movies:
The Big Racket (1976)
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
They Call Me Trinity (1970)
![Benito Stefanelli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/687/160687487_07574d.jpg)
Benito Stefanelli
Italy
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
William Norris
Best movies:
The Babe (1992)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Geoffrey Copleston
UK
Best movies:
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
The Night Porter (1974)