Vincent Price as Nicholas Medina
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Vincent Price as Nicholas Medina is the iconic, tormented nobleman he portrays in Roger Corman’s 1961 Gothic horror film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum.”
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterRole
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filmCharacter ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
family curse
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guilt ⓘ madness ⓘ torture and confinement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
dungeon
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pendulum torture device ⓘ torture chamber ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Pit and the Pendulum (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterName | Nicholas Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographicStyle | color Gothic atmosphere ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfFilm | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dominantTrait |
guilt-ridden
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melancholic ⓘ mentally unstable ⓘ tormented ⓘ |
| familyBackground | son of a notorious torturer for the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Roger Corman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic horror
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psychological horror ⓘ |
| hauntedBy |
crimes of his father
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death of his wife ⓘ |
| languageOfFilm | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatusInFilm | widower ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
tragic protagonist
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unreliable mental state ⓘ |
| nationalCinema | American cinema ⓘ |
| notableFor |
embodying Poe-inspired psychological torment
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iconic Gothic horror performance by Vincent Price ⓘ |
| partOf | Roger Corman Poe cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceStyle |
emotionally intense
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operatic ⓘ theatrical ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| screenwriterOfFilm | Richard Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStatus | nobleman ⓘ |
| spouseInFilm | Elizabeth Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualIconography |
brooding figure in a vast castle
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surrounded by Inquisition devices ⓘ |
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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)