The Pit

The Pit (1981)

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

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!

Date of release
1981-10-23
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (103)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Horror, Comedy
Director
Lew Lehman

Casting

Interesting facts

The Pit is a 1981 Canadian horror film starring Sammy Snyders and Jeannie Elias. Although it is a Canadian production, it was actually filmed in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The pit itself was filmed in Waupun, Wisconsin.

Production

Ian A. Stuart's original screenplay was considerably different from the final film. In his screenplay, Jamie was 8 or 9 years old and the Tra-la-logs were figments of his imagination. When Lew Lehman signed on to direct, he made Jamie older, the monsters real and added more humor to the original script. Stuart has expressed dissatisfaction with the final result.

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