Pit and the Pendulum (Widescreen) (Bilingual)Author: Vincent Price Format: Closed captioned Release Date: 05 06 2001 Details: Amazon. ca The Fall of the House of Usher's success in 1960 spurred American International Pictures to quickly launch another production based on an Edgar Allan Poe story. While producer director Roger Corman had hoped to next adapt "The Masque of the Red Death" (which wasn't produced until 1964), Pit and the Pendulum (the onscreen title) became the second in AIP's long