Bound on an island from which he can never hope to escape, surrounded by the waiting pit of hell, subject to the inexorable pendulum of fate which must destroy him finally.

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

You can hear this line at 01:11:27 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- You are about to enter hell, Bartolome.

- Hell! The Netherworld. The infernal regions. The abode of the damned. The place of torment. Pandemonium.

- Abbadon, Tophet, Gehenna, Naraka, the pit! And the pendulum.

- The razor edge of destiny.

- Thus the condition of man.

- Bound on an island from which he can never hope to escape, surrounded by the waiting pit of hell, subject to the inexorable pendulum of fate which must destroy him finally.

- Nicholas? Nicholas, are you in there?

- Catherine, help me!

- Nicholas? (3)

- Nicholas! (5)

- Nicholas! Oh, no!

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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Sound Clip

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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