The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition The beautiful and kindhearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child As Marias 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 Poes classic short story