@flowerpot For a second I misread this as porn poms, which definitely sounds like a thing that should exist 😂

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Sadly, there was no law against running medieval torture chamber tours out of your own basement...

However, that spiral staircase has no railing, so you could file an OSHA complaint...

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He was actually saying "Adult in the room! Adult in the room!"

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„And our uncle Bartholomew, who was our fathers brother. Because they had the same father and mother, who where their parents, you see.“ #monsterdon

@jonny They're good at keeping a person from licking their wounds until they've healed #monsterdon

No costume affectation causes more fear than long sleeve deely bobs. #monsterdon #ThePitAndThePendulum

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I did NOT see that smack down coming.

#monsterdon Daddy Price is coocoo for Cocoa Puffs!

#monsterdon Geeze guys zero chill huh??

Damn millennials can't even afford their own torture chamber anymore #Monsterdon

I would be more afraid of Sebastian here if he didn't have those bobbles on his robe.

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Why is he wearing velvet curtains over his gimp suit #monsterdon #thepitandthependulum

Love the pom poms on dad's sleeves.
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i like the way they covered up Vincent Price's hair. like, yup, would never recognize him without his hair. #monsterdon

"...let me introduce you to my smokey poker!"

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Glad for this narration, I seriously would have no idea what's going on in this flashback without it

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for REAL bring back those hood cowl things #monsterdon

#monsterdon A bloodline of Sadist?

Thanks I had forgotten what an uncle was #monsterdon

We have entered flashback inception #monsterdon

Oh I see. The problem is that he’s been wearing that collar since he was a child. All is explained. All is forgiven. #Monsterdon

Great, another blue purple-ish flashback
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Lots of blue-period flashbacks.

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wipe off your damn lens it's a flashback not a sauna #monsterdon

Now it's blue tv!
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OH SHE'S INTO THE KINKY STUFF
So much into BDSM it exhausts her.
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Sorry but that is not a kid that will grow into Vincent Price #monsterdon

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Why is it always a "chamber of horrors" and never a "chamber of mirth"?

sebastian should've put a sign on the door with spikes on it. "nothing of honor happens here." #monsterdon

This isn't so much a house as it is a factory that specializes in childhood trauma. #monsterdon #ThePitAndThePendulum

Boy howdy it's bad enough discovering your parents getting it on imagine finding their BDSM dungeon😬 #Monsterdon

Another flashback!!! #Monsterdon

This one with creepy carnival music.

as was dad

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Starched ruffs for the 12 year old. Truly, it is torture. #monsterdon #thepitandthependulum

he had to see the chamber, and the chamber was _loaded_

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Flashback the second! Childhood trauma!

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Bring out the Vaseline again, b'ys #Monsterdon

"I learned it... FROM YOU!" #monsterdon

@Lazarou It was an old-timey phone booth, that's all #monsterdon

@Zerofactorial @rberlim I can see the series now; Pit (2024), Pendulum (2025), Don Sebastian (2026), Don Nicholas: Pit and the Pendulum (2026), Pit and the Pendulum II: Infinity War (2026)... #Monsterdon

ffs if Mr. Barnard's acting was any more wooden he would be a tree #monsterdon

Another flashback. This movie is perfection. Sweet perfection. #Monsterdon

Sebastian...Cabot #monsterdon

so death by autoerotic medieval torture device confirmed right #monsterdon

i think she just got tetanus from the iron maiden. #monsterdon

I'm gonna go out on a limb and speculate that Elizabeth getting herself stuck in the torture device with the giant spikes may have had something to do with her death

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Pretty sure they got all these wrought iron gates from an apartment complex in Pasadena or someplace.

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@rberlim Nowadays the filmmaker would just shoot a prequel #monsterdon

"Just before she died she whispered a name" Rosebud. #monsterdon #ThePitAndThePendulum

wait, she locked herself in an iron maiden, but she only died of fright? Not a very good iron maiden. #monsterdon #thepitandthependulum

stuck in the jukebox

incredibly common death in the 17th century

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So, the "heart condition" was the result of iron maiden spikes.

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That was the problem with her blood... it was chilled.

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This flashback is too long
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@moira Maybe it's like Dracula and Vince is secretly running around in the background doing all the cooking and cleaning. #Monsterdon

The castle is basically Manderley #monsterdon #rebecca

how many servants does this guy _not_ have? i mean for reals seriously needs like 90 people to keep it from falling into the sea and yet we've seen what two? three? people?

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"A woman's place is in the torture chamber." - some NFL kicker, I think. #Monsterdon

This flashback is like a plot summary of Secretary from James Spader's pov #monsterdon

She contracted terminal homelabber syndrome. She felt an overpowering need to figure out what was wrong with that yaml file.

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Umm, dude your sister was a freak. #Monsterdon

@apLundell@octodon.social It'd have to be a dang small palace to get on with just one maid and one butler.

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#monsterdon And one day son, all this (torture) apparatus will be alllllll yourrrrrs

on preview: The second reel is apparently in B/W and filtered through whatever theater gels they had laying around

Look, Vince, she just wanted to spice up your love life, that's all. #Monsterdon

If the torture instruments were so bothersome, why not pay someone to get rid of them? You could put in some paneling, maybe a pool table, really turn that space around. #monsterdon #thepitandthependulum

"The Miasma of Barbarity which lives within these walls"...

Yep, definitely the Funky Cold Medina.

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"Life was simple here in our palace, with our maid and our butler."

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Clearly she was gooning #monsterdon

Wait what was she doing in the torture chamber? Was she into the kinky stuff?
Oh she was into the nasty stuff. She wanted that old school depravity.
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#Monsterdon bingo
Lit candlestick!

"The Notebook" has a similar plotline. It could've used a pendulum as well. #Monsterdon

"Sometimes we played doctor... I mean played with the doctor." #monsterdon

#monsterdon Turns out this guy was a control freak.

Oh that flashback is violently purple. #MonsterDon

@Louisa so many shades of grey on display #Monsterdon

So was this her woman-cave? #monsterdon

soundtrack guy it was ok when you got 'harp' instead of 'harpsichord' but 'flute' is way too far #monsterdon

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

Hey her BROTHER doesn't need to know about that Nicholas

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@Zerofactorial OnlyFans with oil painting: OILY FANS. #monsterdon #thepitandthependulum

she kept staying up all night shitposting online #monsterdon

ooooooooo blue TV

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Remember this speech next time you need a soliloquy to get yourself out of cleaning your basement.

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Did not see a flashback coming. Tip of my hat to you, Roger. #Monsterdon

Can't have a torture chamber without a torch.
It's like a bedroom without a bed. A carage without a car.
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HEY TITS, NICE LADY. #monsterdon #thepitandthependulum

"rich with the shared pleasures of our love" uh, yes, i thought that's why you have this sex dungeon??? #monsterdon

I've already lost my bearings in the house and wouldn't be able to find my way out if I had to.

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The iris cut makes me expect an MST3K pull back for advertising. #monsterdon #thepitandthependulum

Absorbing the miasma of barbarity? Sounds like you need a detox, brah #monsterdon

Chekhov's Iron Maiden

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Technically, we are all influenced by atmospheres #monsterdon

"rich with the shared pleasures of our love", fade to black

ooooooooo :blobeyes:

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Huh. Sounds kind of like my parents' place. #monsterdon #ThePitAndThePendulum

"...breathing this infernal air"
"Did you ever consider a dehumidifier?"

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Maybe they should open a window

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So I guess the castle has a black mold infestation? #Monsterdon

Alright I'm calling that a death machine #monsterdon

I thought I smelled a miasma

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"His depravity is not yours, Nicholas!"

Yeah, you've got your OWN special depravity! All yours! #Monsterdon

The way they keep on talking about atmospheres... is this supposed to reference miasma?

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