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RKS	The Pit and the Pendulum original 1961 release	Lead	[-]
Apr 29 12 5:16 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was wondering if anyone knows if there was a second film released with THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM in 1961. Was there a film released with it as a second feature? Excuse me......You want me to do what with my what now?
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frankenstein31		#1	[-]
Apr 29 12 11:24 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It will be interesting to see if anyone has the answer to this. The U.K. had many double bills so over here I think it will have been, but what with..? I don't know. The closest to the year will be Premature Burial which I do know was on a double bill with Pit, but unsure of the year they were paired together...I can feel a bit of research coming on...
RKS		#2	[-]
Apr 29 12 2:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have looked on line and found nothing of help, but I think AIP might have paird it with a rerelease with HOUSE OF USHER. I have kind of assumed that it was another AIP film, but I did see a ad with PERMATURE BURAL with BRIDES OF DRACULA. One of the things I miss about living in Dayton, (i live in Columbus, Ohio now) is going to the libary and looking though the old micofilm newspaper ads for the Dayton Daily news. Excuse me......You want me to do what with my what now?
Abronsius	Pit and Pendulum Germany 1967	#3	[-]
Apr 30 12 3:16 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There was a German "Pit and Pendulum" (Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel) released in the sixties. Featuring Lex Barker, Karin Dor, and Christopher Lee. See amazon Germany: http://www.amazon.de/Die-...id=1335773322&sr=1-1 It has English language sound track. So, chances are it was shown in theaters in the English language market...
Rick		#4	[-]
Apr 30 12 12:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	DIE SCHLANGENGRUBE UND DAS PENDEL actually got quite a bit of play in the U.S. under a variety of titles. I saw it in July of '68 as BLOOD DEMON on a drive-in bill backing up MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND and leading into BATTLE BENEATH THE EARTH. It's maybe even more widely known over here as THE TORTURE CHAMBER OF DR. SADISM. I think this was a TV title, but may have gotten some theatrical distribution under that title as well. I guess you could say it's a version of Poe's "Pit and the Pendulum" at least as much as Corman's film. But not really. Here are a couple of threads dealing with the German film. And it shows up in other discussions around the Board as well. http://monsterkidclassich...Sadism-1967#reply-661711 http://monsterkidclassich...erman-Gothic#reply-84902 I know PIT AND THE PENDULUM was doubled with HOUSE OF USHER in some places in '62. But I kinda think it went out alone, or on "unofficial" double-bills during its initial release.
Jobla.scarletstreet		#5	[-]
Apr 30 12 1:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When I saw PIT AND THE PENDULUM first run, circa late 1961 or early 1962, it was paired with Corman's ATLAS starring Michael Forest. ATLAS was the co-feature. This occurred in Seattle. I can't speak for other territories.
vayapues		#6	[-]
Apr 30 12 1:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There would always be a 2nd feature for your money in those days (excepting, say, big deal roadshow attractions like BEN HUR or WEST SIDE STORY), but not, in this case, an official one, just as Rick has stated. The Poe films marked AIP's upscale, post-1950s move away from "combos" (as they used to call their deliberately-architected double bills, i.e. COLOSSAL BEAST/PUPPET PEOPLE) -- the idea being that you'd get one better, more prestigious main feature for what it had cost to make a double-bill of 2 cheapies. That said, I know HOUSE OF USHER shared its initial NYC playdates in June 1960 with AIP's WHY MUST I DIE?, but I don't know if this was a national bill handled by AIP themselves. I've read Matheson himself say that USHER played "all summer long" throughout S. Calif with Paramount's PSYCHO, but by then (@Aug 1960), USHER would have to have been on the lower part of a bill packaged by regional distributors. As for PIT & THE PENDULUM, I'll check some old clippings in my files to see if anything comes up.
Abronsius	double feature	#7	[-]
May 1 12 2:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I saw the "Pit and Pendulum" as a double feature together with "The Premature Burial" in Guernsey, Channel Islands. But it was not early sixties, I was too young then. Musta been late sixties...
vayapues		#8	[-]
May 5 12 8:21 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	AIP had the custom of clustering the Corman Poes together on 3rd or 4th runs, but they were never paired on initial playdates. And just as well: much as I love them, seeing them played consecutively reveals a certain sameness of approach to visuals &/or narrative &, as we know, the recurring use of the same castle long shots, burning rafters, etc. In a way those hiccups are fun to see now, but for me, they also erode to a degree the sense of integrity with which the best films of that series were made.
evilskippy		#9	[-]
May 5 12 10:45 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Saw it at a matinee with Tales Of Terror and The Raven in the late 60's. "The world's going to change tonight, doctor, I'm glad you'll be able to watch it. And... happy Halloween."
Mike Mariano		#10	[-]
May 7 12 12:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There was no set second feature with Pit and the Pendulum or any of the other Poe films. They would usually just pair them with some other available AIP movie. (The above from a friend who saw the Poe films theatrically. He's also had a book published on AIP, and is working on a second.)
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flashback		#11	[-]
May 7 12 1:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i miss the days of the double feature.
RKS		#12	[-]
May 7 12 2:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Today with movies two and a half hours long, it would be hard to have double features. Excuse me......You want me to do what with my what now?
flashback		#13	[-]
May 7 12 2:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	the double feature died before the movies were regularly longer. not every movie is that long.there are still hour and a half or hour and 40 minuites movies.its just that more money is made only showing one movie on the screen all day and not a double feature.i understand all of that but i still miss the double feature. then i also miss the single screen theaters.thats part of the problem of being older.you have active memories of the better way things were and you feel how newer ways are not always better.
FrozenGhost		#14	[-]
May 9 12 7:33 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mike Mariano wrote: There was no set second feature with Pit and the Pendulum or any of the other Poe films. They would usually just pair them with some other available AIP movie. (The above from a friend who saw the Poe films theatrically. He's also had a book published on AIP, and is working on a second.) I believe PREMATURE BURIAL was officially paired with JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET. And TALES OF TERROR was doubled with BURN WITCH BURN.
RKS		#15	[-]
May 9 12 8:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm pretty sure that GODZILLA VS THE THING paired with VOYAGE TO THE END OF THE UNIVERSE when it was released in 1964. Excuse me......You want me to do what with my what now?
Vertigo		#16	[-]
May 9 12 11:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The double feature is alive and well at the drive-in.
Monsterpal		#17	[-]
May 9 12 8:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	RKS wrote: I'm pretty sure that GODZILLA VS THE THING paired with VOYAGE TO THE END OF THE UNIVERSE when it was released in 1964. I remember seeing that double bill too.
Zombie Dad		#18	[-]
May 9 12 9:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	FrozenGhost wrote: Mike Mariano wrote: I believe PREMATURE BURIAL was officially paired with JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET. Yes. I saw this double bill. ZD Zombie Dad's Online Art Store www.zazzle.com/zombiedad
borchabob		#19	[-]
May 13 12 11:29 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Vertigo wrote: The double feature is alive and well at the drive-in. I haven't seen a drive-in in years.
frankenstein31		#20	[-]
May 20 12 12:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In the U.K. I have found an old ABC Cinema ad for January 1962, and it is paired with ISLAND OF SHAME. Pit was passed through the BBFC at the end of September 1961, so it's most likely that was the Double bill... Though there is the 3 Months in between, when it may have been on a different circuit.... Unusually, it says passed with cuts in the U.K. I didn't know it was Cut over here... I wonder what they cut out..?
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