The theme driving “The Pit and the Pendulum” is the fluidity and subjectivity of history — both micro and macro — and as each character weighs in with their impressions of the volatile ...

Independent acquisitions were not enough, however, and soon AIP went into the business of producing, churning out more than 200 films, including “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The House of ...

Not surprisingly, the most prolific filmmaker to come away from Arkoff”s studio was Roger Corman, himself an exploitation master that has directed some of cinemas most infamous films, including his ...