No, my dear. Your mother was not tortured to death as you were told. She was tortured, yes... but not to death.

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

You can hear this line at 00:36:19 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Elizabeth was quite dead. I would stake my reputation on that fact.

- Then, why... does he believe it?

- Because of what happened to his mother many years ago.

- I'm afraid I don't understand.

- I told Mr. Barnard what Nicholas saw that clay.

- No, my dear. Your mother was not tortured to death as you were told. She was tortured, yes... but not to death.

- Do I make myself clear?

- Do you mean to say that...

- Your mother was walled up in her tomb while yet alive.

- Oh, no!

- From that day forth, the very thought of premature interment was enough to drive your brother into convulsions of horror.

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I would like to believe him, but I find it very difficult to do so. There's something about him I cannot help but sense. A kind of fearful tension that... I'm sorry, but an air of definite guilt.

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

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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No, my dear. Your mother was not tortured to death as you were told. She was tortured, yes... but not to death.

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