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A bizarre descent into hell from the creator of Re-Animator.
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.Read moreLess
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.
The story
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Lance HenriksenTorquemada
Stephen LeeGomez
Mark MargolisMendoza
Carolyn Purdy-GordonContessa D'Alba Molina
Benito StefanelliExecutioner
Jeffrey CombsFrancisco
Tom TowlesDon Carlos
Jonathan FullerAntonio
Oliver ReedCardinalExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Dennis Paoli
- Producer
- Albert Band
- Director
- Stuart Gordon
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Band
- Editor
- Andy Horvitch
- Director of Photography
- Adolfo Bartoli