A CASTLE THAT TORTURE BUILT,WHOSE DUNGEON WALLS STILL SWEATED BLOODA FAMILY TERRORIZED BY THE AWFUL SECRET THEYSHARED-AND THE THING THAT SKRIEKED IN THE NIGHTA BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG GIRL ENSLAVED BY UNHOLYPASSIONS, SNARED IN A NET OF EVIL . .AND THE MAN WHO CHALLENGED A NIGHTMARE-AND DARED TO FACE ITS HORROR, ALONEHere is the gripping film story of American International's "The Pit and the Pendulum,"adapted from the bone-chilling tale written by America's master of shock literature,Edgar Allen PoeIntroduction by Richard A. Ekstedt THE MAKING OF "THE PIT AND THE PENDULUMBy Lawrence French