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The Pit1981

Name: The Pit
Genre: Monster & Creature, Comedy Horror, Survival
Released: 1981-10-23
Rating: 5.8

“Jamie wouldn't kill anyone… unless Teddy told him to!”

Directed by Lew Lehman

5.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.7TMDB 5.7

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Year

1981

Runtime

92 min

Box Office

Budget

$1,000,000

Domestic

$560

The premise

Twelve year-old Jamie Benjamin is a solitary misunderstood boy in his preteens. His classmates pick on him, his neighbors think he's weird and his parents ignore him. But now Jamie has a secret weapon: deep in the woods he has discovered a deep pit full of man-eating creatures he calls Trogs... and it isn't long before he gets an idea for getting revenge and feeding the Trogs in the process!

Horror Vault's take

Twelve-year-old Jamie is the kid nobody wants around — ignored at home, tormented at school, and written off by the whole neighborhood. His fortunes shift in a deeply twisted direction when he stumbles upon a pit hidden in the woods, home to a hungry pack of creatures he names Trogs. What begins as a lonely boy's dark secret slowly curdles into something far more dangerous for everyone who ever crossed him. This offbeat Canadian cult oddity balances genuine creature-feature menace with a queasy streak of dark comedy.

Content: Creature Violence, Disturbing Child Protagonist Behavior, Implied Sexual Themes Involving A Minor