In some places the Spanish Inquisition is specially used as a literary figure in horror tales. However, I think other countries’ Inquisitions didn’t have anything to envy, though they probably disappeared a bit before.
In alcuni posti si utilizza l’Inquisizione come figura letteraria nei racconti del terrore, ma credo che l’Inquisizione in altri Paesi non scherzasse neanche, sebbene fosse scomparsa un po’ prima.