film The Raven, starring John Cusack in the role of Edgar Allan Poe, contains multiple reenactments of Poe's horror stories. Included is a scene where the "Pit and the Pendulum" scenario is recreated and successfully kills its victim. In 2013, the guitarist Buckethead produced an ekphrastic representation of "The Pit and the Pendulum" in an album called The Pit. The 2015 animated anthology Extraordinary Tales includes "The Pit and the Pendulum", narrated by Guillermo del Toro. References External links Full text on PoeStories.com with hyperlinked vocabulary words. Pit and the Pendulum - Fully searchable text of Edgar Allan Poe's story. The Pit and the Pendulum Interactive Online Comic adaptation with Hidden Hyperlinks Apocalyptic Imagery and the Fragmentation of the Psyche: "The Pit and the Pendulum" The Sources of Poe's the Pit and the Pendulum An Additional Source for Poe's the Pit and the Pendulum <ref> "The Iron Shroud" at Google Books, one of Poe's influences Short stories by Edgar Allan Poe 1842 short stories Inquisition in fiction Gothic short stories Short stories adapted into films Toledo, Spain in fiction