The Pit and the Pendulum: Movie vs. Book

The Pit and the Pendulum is a book written by Edgar Allen Poe in 1842. Years later, in 1961, a movie was made. Directed by Roger Corman, the motion picture is a lot different than the movie, though it does create a few similarities. One of the few similarities is the pendulum sequence. When Francis is strapped down to the bed, the pendulum comes inches closer and closer, slowly, as in the book. even make as its ab break through to kill him, hes saved. other similarity, though minor, is the involvement of a pit.A major difference is the involvement of a plot. In the book, theres almost no plot at all, except that the character is a military man in France. In the movie, the plot is long, explained well, and a littler more interesting than the book. The pit and pendulum themselves gravel very little involvement in the movie, while in the book, theyre almost always involved and the pit is introduced almost right away. Also, in the movie, there are way more characters. I think Roge r Corman did a pretty mediocre job making a movie out of the book.I understand that the movie wasnt really meant to be based off of the book entirely, but they could turn over involved the pit and the pendulum a little more throughout the movie. Although the plot was good and had plenty of shock, I did bid the plot of the book a little more. If I wrote the script, I would have added a lot more to the plot of the book and kept it. It seems uniform Corman just made the movie with the title, and only had the pit and the pendulum stay. In short, Corman could have done better.