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Absorbing the miasma of barbarity which permeates these walls, particularly this chamber.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:20:35 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I should never have brought her here. She was too sensitive, too aware.

- Aware of what?

- The malignant atmosphere of this castle. It destroyed her.

- My sister was a strong and willful woman, not subject to the influence of atmospheres.

- You have been here only a matter of hours. You cannot know what it is to live here month upon month, year after year, breathing this infernal air...

- Absorbing the miasma of barbarity which permeates these walls, particularly this chamber.

- But it did not bother her at first either.

- Our life was good, rich with the shared pleasures of our love.

- Each morning, I would bring her breakfast.

- In the afternoons, she usually sat for me while I attempted all in vain to capture her beauty on canvas.

- I did that portrait which you saw in her room before, but it is all inadequate to recall the loveliness of her.

[...]

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Sound Clip

The Pit and the Pendulum cover

Memorable quotes from The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story of the same name).

Actors: Vincent Price (Nicholas Medina, Sebastian Medina), John Kerr (Francis Barnard), Barbara Steele (Elizabeth), Luana Anders (Catherine Medina), Antony Carbone (Doctor Leon)

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