Short film

The Pit

1962 · 28 min

A stark, oppressive plunge into dread, all shadow and silence, that leaves you uneasy long after it ends.

Overview: Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, eerie and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Death, isolation, survival, madness
Content: Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
isolation
survival
madness
Places: prison
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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