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Question about a scene

posted 18 years ago by TheDharmaIsland
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first of all im from germany my english istn very good
i have a question
ive watched a movie 15 years ago or something
and there was a women which was in a closet or somethign like that
on the other side of the closet there were needles or so and then the closet (or what it was) closed and tshe died of the needles
i dont know if it was a closet and i dont know if it was in a phibes movie
but i think so
if sombody know what i mean and can say which movie this is i would be very thankful

thank u and sorry for my english

[–] lupis_noctum 18 years ago

You are referring to the little known 3D classic Dr. Tongue's House of Pancakes.

"No one's got a ton of sympathy for guys who throw fat kids in the river"

[–] Ramclam 18 years ago

I think you're thinking of "The Pit and the Pendulum."

[–] DearJohnny 18 years ago

Don't know the movie --It could be a lot of different ones-- but it sounds like you're describing an Iron Maiden. It's a torture device used to kill people in Midevial times.

[–] poatos98 18 years ago

It actually sounds like you're talking about the dreadful Vincent Price movie "The Masque of the Red Death." (Price wasn't dreadful, but the movie definitely was.)

It's supposed to be adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's short story, but has very little in common with its source. I remember a scene like the one you've described; it had something to do with a Satan-worshipping element in the film that is nowhere to be found in Poe's story.

I hope this helps!

[–] MystMoonstruck 11 years ago

There is no Iron Maiden in "The Masque of the Red Death", which could be the best film ever made by AIP and one of Vincent Price's best performances.

There is one in "Pit and the Pendulum". Barbara Steele experiences it.

*** The trouble with reality is there is no background music. ***

[–] mrannah 11 years ago

very definitely thinking of the iron maiden from Pit and the Pendulum, and the movie's last shot, a close up on Barbara's eyes as she is staring out from inside, unable to make a sound, and the two survivors of the story commenting that no one will ever come in the room again, clearly her hearing this and in pain knowing she will not be rescued