Like peanut butter and jam, the
combination of Ray Harryhausen and Edgar Alan Poe just seems right, doesn’t it?
What I’m talking about is the
stop-motion animated short THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, based on the Edgar
Alan Poe story and produced by legendary F/X artist and all around cool guy Ray
Harryhausen. Above you’ll see one of two teaser posters for the short, courtesy
of the dudes over at
Dread Central, and this thing has cool written
all over it.
THE PIT AND
THE PENDULUM was a sweet short story by Poe about a guy whose being
tortured during the Spanish Inquisition. The story follows a man while he waits
in his cell for death, and the somewhat surreal experiences he has. I’m not
going to pretend that I fully understand all the symbolism in the story, but I
dug the read anyways.
The short which was produced by
Harryhausen and directed by Marc Lougee is looking pretty trippy, and a great
teaser trailer can be seen
here at the short’s official site. So check out the teaser, and if
you ever get a chance make sure to check out the original Poe work; you won’t
regret it.
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