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2. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991 film) - Wikipedia

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   The Pit and the Pendulum (released on DVD in the United States as The Inquisitor) is a 1991 American horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and based on the 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The film is an amalgamation of the aforementioned story with Poe's " The Cask of Amontillado ", and it also appropriates the anecdote of " The Sword of ...

3. Tomás de Torquemada - Wikipedia

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   Tomás de Torquemada [a] OP (14 October 1420 – 16 September 1498), also anglicized as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Roman Catholic Dominican friar and first Castillian Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal of the Holy Office, which was a group of ecclesiastical prelates created in 1478 and charged with the somewhat ill-defined task of "upholding Catholic religious orthodoxy" within the lands of the ...

4. Garde à Vue - Wikipedia

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   Garde à Vue (also known as The Inquisitor) is a 1981 French psychological crime drama directed by Claude Miller and starring Romy Schneider, Michel Serrault, Lino Ventura and Guy Marchand. It is based on the 1979 British novel Brainwash, by John Wainwright. It won the César Award for Best Writing, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. The ...

5. Vincent Price - Wikipedia

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   Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains.He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films.

6. Dangerous Beauty - Wikipedia

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   Dangerous Beauty is a 1998 American biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz, and starring Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell and Oliver Platt.Based on the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal, the film is about Veronica Franco, a courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice who becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the ...

7. Make Haste to Live - Wikipedia

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   Make Haste to Live is a 1954 American film noir thriller film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Dorothy McGuire, Stephen McNally and Mary Murphy. Seiter's last feature directorial effort, the film is an adaptation of the Gordons ’ novel of the same name.

8. Hammer and Bolter - Wikipedia

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   Hammer and Bolter Season 1 Episode Title Notes 1: Death's Hand: An Imperial inquisitor tries to cheat fate and prevent his predicted assassination. [5]2: Bound For Greatness: A monk in the Imperial library is tempted by the Chaos God Tzeentch to read the forbidden books that he is required to count every day.

9. Inquisition (film) - Wikipedia

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   Inquisition (Spanish: Inquisición) is a 1976 Spanish-Italian historical horror film written and directed by (and starring) Paul Naschy. [2] It also features Daniela Giordano, Julia Saly and Mónica Randall. [3]