Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Italy, United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
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.
- witch
- torture chamber
- based on short story
- torquemada
- spanish inquisition
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Carolyn Purdy-Gordon — Contessa D'Alba Molina
- Barbara Bocci — Contessa's Son
- Benito Stefanelli — Executioner
- Jeffrey Combs — Francisco
- Tom Towles — Don Carlos
- Rona De Ricci — Maria
- Jonathan Fuller — Antonio
- Oliver Reed — Cardinal
- Larry Dolgin — Sergeant of the Guards
- Frances Bay — Esmeralda
- Fabio Carfora — Beggar
- Directed
- Stuart Gordon
- Written
- Dennis Paoli
Production
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 150 ratings
- Studio
- Full Moon Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
