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.
Acting
Lance Henriksen plays Torquemada as repressed and rabid — magnificent
Practical Effects
Gordon's torture contraptions are gloriously disgusting practical effects
Direction
Stuart Gordon squeezes every drop of perverse tension from the material
Director
Stuart Gordon
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