“The sets revel in decadence, come dripping in gothic charm, and no expense is spared when it comes to over the top, ornate garnishing” says Scream Horror Magazine. The Roger Corman film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Pit and the Pendulum” is artistically valid even though the film’s storyline bares little resemblance to the original work.

The tone in a gothic piece is vital in getting the correct message out to the audience on what the main idea is about. If it is not presented in an understandable manner, the audience will get another idea that wasn’t intended. What I think was a major part in setting the overall tone was the suspenseful style of how the script was written. The dialogue between the characters was filled with questions half of the time and observations. Apart from it creating horror with the setting of the movie and the appearance of outside and inside the building, the plot also contributes into making the story what it is. Edgar Allan Poe incorporates the martyr’s feelings and thoughts in the idea of not knowing what will …show more content…
The storyline encompasses the act of torture which helps the tone giving it a fearful connotation. The concept of torture helps with the tone because when you hear torture you think of despair, agony, frustration, helplessness, and angst. In the torture room, the weapons were displayed in an array of intense looking arms to create a menacing scene; the environment and setting just scream out the gothic style. How the characters’ personalities tie in with the conflict of the story also describes the tone. The fact that a torture room and people being tortured in an ancient gothic architecture style building was enhanced into the film shows that Edgar Allan Poe knew what was being conveyed in his literature and he knew how to use them uniquely and effectively. This concept gave the movie a sinister outlook and also hinted at how the characters would