“THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM” by Edgar Allan Poe #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 22 July 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I am Sir George, possessor of a magic sword. |
| 0:06.0 | By its power, I will lead you on the seven great adventures. |
| 0:10.0 | Each one might be here the next. |
| 0:12.0 | Hey Weirdos, our August Weirdo Watch Party is Saturday, August 5th, |
| 0:16.0 | with a movie presented by a perfectly named horror host show, |
| 0:20.0 | The Weirdness Really Bad Movie, with Dave Bankley. |
| 0:24.0 | Dave will be presenting 1962's Dreck of a Film, |
| 0:28.0 | a magic sword starring Basil Rathbone. |
| 0:31.0 | And trust me, Rathbone is the only good part about this movie. |
| 0:35.0 | The son of a sorceress armed with weapons and armor assisted by six magically summoned knights, |
| 0:41.0 | embarks on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard. |
| 0:45.0 | That's right, it's not just an awful movie, |
| 0:47.0 | it's an awful historically incorrect period piece movie. |
| 0:51.0 | You got a two headed fire breathing dragon, cursed shrunken people, |
| 0:55.0 | a giant ogre that looks like a guy in a werewolf costume, |
| 0:58.0 | a wicked and ugly witch. |
| 1:00.0 | You'll see the coneheads from Saturday Night Live. |
| 1:03.0 | Well, they look that way at least. |
| 1:05.0 | You've got dated special effects, terrible acting, |
| 1:07.0 | and costumes that look like they were ripped right out of a money python skit. |
| 1:11.0 | The Weirdo Watch Party is always free to watch online with all of us, |
| 1:14.0 | so grab your popcorn, candy, and soda, and jump into the fun, |
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