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A horrifying, surrealist version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" directed by the masterful animator Jan Svankmajer.
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1001 Animated Shorts You Must See - The Full List (1001 movies items)"DIR: Jan Svankmajer SUMMARY: An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's 'A Torture by Hope'. WHY IT'S HERE: Jan Svankmajer's 'The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope' is one of the best Poe adaptations ever put on film, for the simple reason that it successfully replicates the terror of the original story by placing the viewer squarely in the place of the torture victim. Filming from a point of view shot throughout, Svankmajer forces us to empa"
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