The Pit and the Pendulum

Year: 2009

Runtime: 80 mins

Language: English

Director: David DeCoteau

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Seven students respond to an ad promising an experiment to eliminate the sensation of pain. At a remote institute they meet enigmatic scientist JB Divay, whose odd interests in hypnosis, clocks and cactus plants seem harmless at first. As the participants vanish one by one, the survivors suspect JB’s true, sinister motives.

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