The film adaptation of The Pit and The Pendulum, and the story itself are similar although they have different storylines. Roger Corman portrayed similar content in his film as Edgar Allen Poe did in his story. The mood, characterization, and tone was what made the two alike. The Roger Corman film adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s Story, “The Pit and the Pendulum” is artistically valid even though the film’s story line bares little resemblance to the original work.
The mood in Poe’s story was dark, suspenseful, and extremely mysterious. Corman portrays the mood in the same manner in the movie. The narrator in the story is said to be alone in a dungeon, drifting in and out of consciousness ; he doesn’t explain why, which creates the mysterious
The mood in Poe’s story was dark, suspenseful, and extremely mysterious. Corman portrays the mood in the same manner in the movie. The narrator in the story is said to be alone in a dungeon, drifting in and out of consciousness ; he doesn’t explain why, which creates the mysterious