Talk:The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)

Passed GA
Nice article. Thorough and is comprehensive, covers the subject well. Consider some more inlines interspersed throughout most of the sections, particularly in the plot summary. Also consider another peer review for more suggestions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DoomsDay349 (talk • contribs)

Correct title of the film
Nearly all sources, including film reviews, interviews with the film's participants, reference books, advertising materials, etc., call Roger Corman's film "The Pit and the Pendulum". IMDB, MRQE, All Movie Guide, Video Watchdog, and DVD Savant, on the other hand, have noted that the onscreen title is, in fact, Pit and the Pendulum (no initial "the"), and reference the film in that manner. I believe that English-language Wikipedia film articles should utilize the film's most commonly known English-language title, which, in this case, is clearly The Pit and the Pendulum. Most people would search for that title and shouldn't have to go thru a re-direct page to get to the article. I've recently reverted another editor's attempt at re-naming the article. Any such move should be discussed here first. If others agree that the film's onscreen title should have precedence over the film's more commonly used title, then the move should be made. What do others think?-Hal Raglan 03:57, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Please do not arbritarily rename/move this article without discussing the issue here on the talk page. Explaining your reasoning in full would be greatly appreciated.-Hal Raglan 21:27, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've now provided a compromise in the lead paragraph of the article, by inserting (also known as Pit and the Pendulum) after the title followed by a citation. This should certainly suffice.  If not, please discuss.-Hal Raglan 22:34, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:PitCap.jpg
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Discussion pertaining to non-free image(s) used in article
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 * The arguments against inclusion in the above noted discussion were persuasive. I've removed the image.Hal Raglan (talk) 17:12, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Spacing?
Why the extra spacing above and below the two templates under the External links section? There is a note requesting that the spacing be left alone. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 01:05, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

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Dubious statement
I've flagged the following passage as dubious.
 * He also used elements from other Poe stories, such as the unfaithful wife from "The Cask of Amontillado"...

"The Cask of Amontillado" does not contain any such element, as reading the story or the linked article about the story will show. Without knowing what story was actually meant or what story is actually named in the cited source, I cannot correct this error. Canonblack (talk) 02:45, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * There's no unfaithful wife in "Cask", but the unfaithful wife of the father in this film winds up with the same fate as the victim in that story: walled up while alive behind masonry in a wine cellar. That's the only element that this fil takes from "Cask". oknazevad (talk) 22:17, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

People may be thinking of the 2nd part of the film "Tales of Terror" (i.e. the segment "The Black Cat") where an unfaithful friend and an unfaithful wife (plus a cat) are sealed behind a brick wall -- using the general story line of "The Cask of Amontillado". Given that "Tales of Terror" is another AIP/Corman Poe loose adaptation film, the error is understandable. Chesspride 216.144.161.51 (talk) 18:02, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Featured article in need of review
Another 2007 FA promotion that wouldn't be considered even B-class in 2021. Multiple problems 👨x🐱 (talk) 00:05, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * This article looks massively in-comprehensive for a topic of a horror film starring the legend of horror himself, Vincent Price, and being one of the most influential because of it.
 * No representation from scholarly literature.
 * This is too much of a dependence on quotes that could be paraphrased
 * Uncited statements like "The Pit and the Pendulum was announced in August 1960, and filming began the first week of January 1961."
 * The box office section is very lacking, only showing a number and a couple of sentences about records.
 * Critical reception section is a quotefarm.
 * Ref 2, in addition to being a bare URL, is of a questionable source.
 * Ref 42 is a self-written blog.