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.
Acting
Price's spiral from grief to hysteria is operatic perfection.
Production
Corman's recycled Poe sets somehow look more expensive than they are.
Cinematography
Shadows so thick you could trip over them.
Director
Roger Corman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The pit was literally just a hole Corman's crew dug on the soundstage floor; the pendulum was a painted cardboard prop.
This kicked off Corman's Poe cycle and proved Gothic horror could be cheap, fast, and still gorgeous—basically inventing the template for A24's entire aesthetic.
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