Stuart Gordon's "Castle Freak" and "The Pit and the Pendulum" Make Blu-Ray Debuts

Full Moon Features recently announced in their newsletter that they're releasing Stuart Gordon's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "Castle Freak" on Blu-Ray this upcoming Tuesday. "The Pit and the Pendulum" was originally released back in 1991 when Full Moon was releasing their films through Paramount. The film stars Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Near Dark), Jeffery Combs (Re-Animator, From Beyond)and Oliver Reed (“Gladiator,” “Three Musketeers”).

Special Features on "The Pit and the Pendulum" Blu-Ray includes Behind The Pit & The Pendulum: The Inquisition of Stuart Gordon, Rare, Never-Before-Seen Blooper Reel Original Pit & The Pendulum VideoZone and Full Moon Trailers.

"Castle Freak was released in 1995 right after the Full Moon/Paramount split. The film stars "Re-Animator" and "From Beyond stars Jeffery Combs and Barbra Crampton.

Special features on the Blu-Ray and DVD include Castle 'Speak' interview with Stuart Gordon, Lost William Shatner Interviews w/ Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, and Barbara Crampton, Original VideoZone and Full Moon Trailers

"The Pit and the Pendulum": Plot Synopsis:

In the quest to save souls, the Spanish Inquisition will stop at nothing and knows no boundaries for its evil. Under the direction of Torquemada (LANCE HENRIKSEN - “Alien,” “Pumpkinhead,” “Millennium”) the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, a young baker’s wife, Maria (RONA DE RICCI) is falsely accused of witchcraft and dragged before the inquisition and the Cardinal (OLIVER REED – “Gladiator,” “Three Musketeers”). Torquemada is enchanted by Maria’s beauty and subjects her and her husband Antonio (JONATHAN FULLER – “Castle Freak”) to heinous tortures hoping to prove that his own desires for her are a result of her magic, and that she has “bewitched him.” With the help of Esmerelda, Maria’s cellmate and confessed witch, Maria must find the power to save her husband Antonio from Torquemada’s ultimate machine of torture: the inevitable, razor sharp PENDULUM poised over the inescapable PIT of hell.

"Castle Freak": Plot Synopsis

Stuart Gordon takes you on a pulse pounding roller- coaster ride in Castle Freak… one of the most macabre thrillers you’ll ever experience. John Reilly (Jeffrey Combs – Re-Animator), Susan (Barbara Crampton – Young & The Restless) and their daughter come face to face with terror when they travel to Italy to move into a castle they have inherited. They soon discover it is haunted by a relentless blood- thirsty creature. When mutilated bodies start turning up, John must uncover the Reilly family’s dark secret to save his wife and child from the sadistic being.