Product Details

• Actors: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone
• Directors: Roger Corman
• Writers: Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Matheson
• Producers: Roger Corman, James H. Nicholson, Samuel Z. Arkoff
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: American International Pictures (AIP)
• DVD Release Date: February 15, 2005
• Run Time: 160 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007R4T12
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,497 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER: Audio Commentary by Director Roger Corman Original Theatrical Trailer THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM: Rare Prologue

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When AIP went color, December 13, 2005

By	joseph Corey "party favors columnist" (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These two films revolutionized AIP. No longer were they pumping out black and white Academy aspect ratio films that became double features. Now they were making color cinemascope features. Both of these films feature Poe stories with Vincent Price in the lead and Roger Corman behind the lens. And they truly remind us that Corman made some great movies during his time at AIP. The Pendulum is truly a scary set.

These are essentials for your DVD collection if you have a Psychotronic shelf.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Side B, May 14, 2007

By	microjoe - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I love the Pit and the Pendulum, and the set is a good bargain as well as a good match. I can never get my 10 year old son to watch older movies with me. I had also tried to engage him in Poe stories in book form. But when his teacher read them in class, he finally became interested enough to see these, and he really likes Poe now.
On the DVD they place one movie on one side of the disc, and the the second movie "the Pit and the Pendulum" on the reverse side, side B. I have other movies like this and it seems to work OK. Make sure you at least "test" the DVD when it arrives, I failed to do so until too late, only to learn that the side B of my copy did not work. It was a good enough story for me to bite the bullet and buy another copy.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 2 stories, Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe for under $10.00, January 18, 2007

By	Vick Ferrari (Bakersfield, CA United States) - See all my reviews

If you like old horror films these are great. The price makes them a bargain. Renting these seperately would cost about as much as buying them. I like old horror films but I can't quite give these more than 3 stars. They are good movies but just not quite 4 stars. Of course, the price easily makes up for that. I especially like Edgar Allan Poe stories. If you like to read, Amazon has the Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe in one book.