For today’s horror on the lens, we have an odd little Canadian horror film from 1981.
The Pit tells the story of 12 year-old Jamie Benjamin (Sammy Snyders, giving a genuinely creepy performance), a weird kid who lives in rural Wisconsin. Jame is an outcast who is regularly picked on by the other kids. His only friend is a teddy bear with whom he has regular conversations and yes, Teddy does talk back.
One day, Jamie comes across a pit out in the middle of the woods. The pit is full of cannibalistic monsters. Jamie quickly takes a liking to them and starts to bring them raw meat. However, Teddy has a better idea. Maybe Jamie could start feeding them people…
In the original script, both Teddy and the monsters were supposed to be figments of Jamie’s imagination. However, director Lew Lehman made the decision to make the monsters real and to keep the audience guessing as far as Teddy was concerned. The end result is a very odd film about a very odd kid.
And you can watch it below!
(Warning: Though this film is tame by our standards, it would still probably be considered to be NSFW.)
Through the Shattered Lens 