My dad is already making fart noises with his mouth. He might not make it to the end of the film. #Monsterdon

"THREE MONTHS? Why was I not notified sooner?"

"You ARE aware we're living in the sixteenth century? Have you ever actually TRIED to send mail from here?"

#Monsterdon

Handy open stairway to the dungeon right from the family room, 4 bed 0 bath castle

#Monsterdon

I thought you supposed to bury your family on your golf course? #Monsterdon

"...grave?"
"Yes, it's where dead bodies go."

#Monsterdon #ThePitAndThePendulum

hello and welcome to Bad Vibes Castle #monsterdon

#monsterdon when the customer service is poor at the door.

#monsterdon is tooted before a live fediverse audience.

WE GOT MOVIE SIGN!!!! #monsterdon #thepitandthependulum

I did indeed miss #Monsterdon but sounds like it was a fun one :blobfoxcry2:

“Baldric, you wouldn’t know a cunning pendulum if it painted itself purple and danced on the tables singing ‘pendulums are here to slay’”
#monsterdon #blackadder #thepitandthependulum

@Louisa No bats, but rats. No smoking, but drinking and much flame. No fisticuffs but blunt weapons.

Sadly, neither Nicholas nor his bride fucked off into the violent sea. #monsterdon

@Louisa No smoking, no coffee.

Yeah, bats would have been nice, but I believe the same rat appears three times.

#Monsterdon

@jonny fuck the police xD

#monsterdon
#ThePitAndThePendulum

@moira I am loath to say that it was the director may he rest in peace #monsterdon

The moral is when your hobbies begin to take over your life so that they become your job, it may be time to take a step back and reassess matters for your own good #monsterdon

@Zerofactorial the monster was American International Pictures all along

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@moira The monster was the concentration of wealth in the hands of the privileged few #monsterdon

@Zerofactorial the monster was generational trauma all along?

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I would say there were no monsters here, only people with an assortment of psychological issues #monsterdon

@Taweret I cannot explain how Nicholas wouldn't have been able to tell the two apart though, unless he was just mentally that far gone

#Monsterdon

@davesdogmaggie No, this property isn't a starter place. You have to be willing flip a few castles before upgrading to the fetish castle with all the lightning #monsterdon

Ok! I was generous with some of these because I thought there was a chance we'd see ALL of them, but we got pretty close

#Monsterdon

@Zerofactorial On the one hand, her mouth is clearly covered. On the other hand, her hands are clearly free. Would have been quite easy to make some noise and get rescued. You could make up almost any bullshit at that point and they'd believe it. #monsterdon

okay after @jonny ‘s post i think both movie scripts were padded out from Poe by the same guy. maybe he has unrepentent evil ex wife issues #monsterdon

@annathepiper just said that "nobody goes binkey-bonkers like Vincent Price" and i'm kind of "biiiiiinky boooooooonkers" now

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@paco But you know after the movie ends she's calling out "Nicolas?" another 150 more times #monsterdon

@jonny She's in her happy place #monsterdon

@athena_rising You Can Call Me Al-ive

#Monsterdon

The intro and outro make me want to do book marbling. In 2020 at the library where I work we learned how to do it so we could have an activity for Bring Your Kids To Work Day; but with the pandemic, it never happened.
#Monsterdon #ThePitAndThePendulum

I'm just reading the #Monsterdon tag now. I didn't want to miss a second of Vincent.

A toast to Roger Corman, and a thanks to @Taweret for #Monsterdon tonight.

@paco I think the secret passageway is getting shortchanged here #monsterdon

@prozacchiwawa Also true of Ed Wood, and most Toho films. #monsterdon

@jonny @RufusJCooter @sundiesel A $75 escape room #monsterdon

@RufusJCooter @sundiesel
the vibes of that pit could actually be sublime as like a performing arts space or artist workshop #monsterdon

@apLundell What he's wearing is the Michelin castle rating system. It indicates he works in a 3-fleur de lis castle. Could be better. Could be worse. Very mid. #monsterdon

@Lazarou It really was, I think that's my favorite #Monsterdon movie since Return of the Living Dead :D

This was a good look for butlers. It was a mistake to switch to tuxedos.

#monsterdon

I hope someone makes this story into a cheatin-spouse-revenge country song #monsterdon

@CactuarJoe it's everything I had hoped for :D #monsterdon

@Newpa_Hasai It justifies its choice as #monsterdon material

Ok, look, we get it: adultery is bad. #monsterdon

This had a weirdly similar plot to Corman's The Raven which I watched last night (and is really not based on the story much) - Vincent Price's wife Lenore was alive the entire time and just wanted to be with the bad guy sorcerer Boris Karloff #Monsterdon

that was pretty good. not my favourite, but pretty good.

(my favourite price movies are the Dr. Phibes films <3 )

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@jonny I guess the implication is either way she kind of got what she deserved? At least in the medieval-ish logic that prevails in castles with torture chambers

#Monsterdon

Thanks Poe. This was a good one.
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Maybe we should ALWAYS watch great movies instead of shitty ones.

…
…
Nahhhhhhh

#Monsterdon

The plot swung far more than the oendulum but any #Monsterdon featuring #VincentPrice is gonna be absolutely fantastic thanks for another great one @Taweret !

No self-respecting death pendulum has an off lever!

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@jonny@neuromatch.social Yep, Don Sr tortured Isabella and Bartolome, accusing them of having sex with each other. No clue whether they actually were, though.

#Monsterdon #ThePitAndThePendulum

Dang, that was some *good* stuff.

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"No one will ever enter this room again."
AHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAA! Really good stinger.
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and again, did they FORGET about the recently re-alived sister or did they purposefully leave her in the chamber????? #monsterdon

And to close - the Iron Maiden!

#Monsterdon

they fucked off into the upstairs, i guess that's okay

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"No one will ever enter this room again. Because we are BURNING THE FUCKING CASTLE DOWN on the way out of here, SWEAR TO GOD."

#Monsterdon

how come instead of just saying nobody will enter you like clean it out and make it something different so there isn't a pendulum room to use in the first place #monsterdon

Another #Monsterdon is in the can!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Tonight's feature, #ThePitAndThePendulum, was in honor of Roger Corman's recent passing, stars the amazing Vincent Price, and was based on the classic Edgar Allen Poe story of the same name. Amongst the expected slices and dices, we had,
- So many Medinas!
- A spooky castle with a built in torture chamber!
- People buried alive!
- A Ricola haunting!

#monsterdon Overall a good movie.

lol @ Elizabeth lock in

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OH SHIT #monsterdon

Woww, that was actually a fun one, #Monsterdon peeps! Thanks!

"...the horror ... the horror ... the horror"

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Vincent Price had legendary strength, like Sid Caeser. #Monsterdon

The original CNC mill

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THATS IT!? THATS ALL THE PENDULUM WE GET #monsterdon

Didn't you fall in a pit?
Oh Vincent fell in a pit. :(
#Monsterdon #PitandthePendulum

#Monsterdon
Oh, great, now he has to fight a balrog.

#monsterdon And down goes the Sadist

This is kind of a proxy walking scene

#monsterdon

I think whoever said they were paying the pendulum guy by the swing was actually correct with all these repeat swinging shots lol #monsterdon #thepitandthependulum

Love the artwork in the pit
#Monsterdon

#monsterdon Nah it's too late for him

"We must break into the torture chamber, quickly!"

That's one you don't hear every day

#Monsterdon

Oh my god I love the long shots of the pit, and I bet Wes Anderson does too #monsterdon

So much for Barcelona! #Monsterdon

#monsterdon It's giving SAW

WE'VE GOT THE TITLE LINE 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

#Monsterdon

pendulum
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okay, someone take the thesaurus away from Vincent. #monsterdon

Pit
#Monsterdon

Inquisitor Vincent is here to make you pay... the price.
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Now this…THIS is a matte. #Monsterdon

Chekov's Pendulum

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At least when the source material only gets you ten minutes of screen time, this movie actually tries to be entertaining, unlike, say, late period Clint Eastwood (they said, subtly referencing the latest episode of their own podcast @96greers ) #monsterdon

hell ya lets get that bad boy swingin #monsterdon

Vincent Price IS…. The Crimson Executioner! #monsterdon

The scream woke my mom up in time to say "Watch out that first step is a doozy" when the doctor died #Monsterdon

Ruh!Roh! No one expected that! #Monsterdon

Ahhhh the Pendulum!

Finally!

#monsterdon

The Pendulum!!!!!

#Monsterdon
#PitAndThePendulum

is the dumb brother the only one who's gonna survive this movie? (-_-)
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Located: One Pit #Monsterdon

Nicholas has been playing possum. #monsterdon

@WhiskeySailor He only comes around every so often.

Periodically, you might say.

#monsterdon

And they're back again…

#monsterdon

Pit ✅
Pendulum ❓
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That look is priceless on Vincent

#monsterdon

A bear wouldn't torture you in a castle dungeon for supposed adultery #monsterdon