Please don't spend money on this.

Memorable, crazy movie

Just perfect...

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

A low-budget, off-beat, horror/comedy, 1981's "The Pit" can be a pretty entertaining movie, if you keep your expectations at a humble level.That Jamie Benjamin, he's a real "funny person" (yep, that quote, said by the movies youngest cast member, is actually meant as an insult).Jamie Benjamin, the movies lead character - is a nerdy and sexually precocious, 12 year-old, autistic boy, who tends to rove around the neighborhood day and night causing mischief - just for kick's. But his brand of fun can get quite devious at times and an about hour into the film we see him graduate from a peeping tom to a reluctant serial killer. This is cheap, off-beat little film certainly does has it's moments of charm and humor, plus, there are are some pervy peeping tom interludes, that should definitely bring a grin - and they establish that part of his personality in the opening minutes. The movie seems to be at it's best when Jamie, our homely 12 year-old star performer, is running around causing mischief and enjoying himself to the fullest, that's when his performance shines the brightest - of which there are a handful of deviously lively scenes scattered about throughout the film. Personally I wish they had taken the peeping tom angle a bit further.Also starring is the beautiful actress Jeannie Elias, who plays the role of the foxy, young, babysitter, who stays with him for the next week or so, while his parent's go "check out a house in Seattle" that they're considering purchasing. And no sooner after his parents have left and just as Jamie's mom had warned her, he predictably develops a crush on his babysitter (he's gone through a lengthy succession of them in his 12 years - but Sandy's "the one" for him) and several mildly amusing instances, some of which involve brief nudity, proceed to occur between the two on a regular basis - mostly in bedrooms and bathrooms. You're seeing the world through the eyes of a "budding" 12 year-old, so expect to see many scenes revolving around youthful sexual curiosity and "voyeuristic activities", it'll be obvious that peeping's a favorite pass-time of his, however it sometimes goes beyond that - Jamie's a little perv (in fact that's the very word they used).The meat of the story however, is a hole in the ground, a pit, THE Pit and more importantly, what is it that's lurking in the bottom of it. What Jamie has found is a small pack of knew found, yet presumably ancient, carnivorous, fur-suit, hole-dwellers of a low level of intelligence; he refers to them as "Trogglodytes" and he takes up something of a parental guardian role towards them. In actuality these trolls or troglodyte's or whatever the hell you wanna call them, pretty much appear to be midgets in furry costumes with glowing orange eyes - I must say the costumes aren't nearly as bad as you'd think, considering the budget they were working with. It's with this pit and the furries that dwell within it, that the movie takes a dark turn and as mentioned earlier Jamie literally turns into a serial killer, either by luring or by physically pushing six people (all of which have "irked" him in the past) into the pit to be devoured by his... pets.Tragically, Sandy, Jamie's lovely young babysitter, in a moment extreme carelessness, inadvertently becomes their next meal and poor-poor Jamie is utterly devastated by her demise (though it won't be the last time he see's her, as some visitations from beyond the grave are in the plans) and completely grief-stricken, he runs home and cries to Teddy (Who? You'll see) and in his characteristic dulcet tones he comforts and consoles his grieving friend. The next day after having exhausted all his meat-buying-money and also having run out of "bad people" who he considers to be worthy and ripe for the slaughter, he sets them loose by throwing a pair of ropes into the pit and soon afterwards carnage ensues; in the form of a string of grizzly murders - leaving the police baffled. Meanwhile Jamie-boy plays it coy and ignorant with his gullible, just-back-from-Seattle parents and the coppers, who are naturally inquiring about Sandy's disappearance.For the next 8 to 10 minutes you'll have to do without the immense star-power and singular screen presence of Sammie Snyders/Jamie Benjamin; as a few more unsuspecting victims fall prey and more investigating unfolds. Which eventually culminate's in a manhunt with the sheriff leading a couple dozen shot-gun-toting-yokels out in the sticks, that ends in a blaze of gunfire. Then a bulldozer comes in and makes short work of The Pit! If by any chance you haven't seen enough of the likes of the little rascal Jamie, don't worry, because at the end he's due for a visit at his grandparents place, who have a house out in the country. Nearby is the seemingly sweet little neighbor girl "Alicia" - whose all smiles. They quickly buddy-up and off they go, giddily frolicking through the forest, where we see Jamie in his Toughskins striding along following Alicia's lead, then suddenly, lone and behold, another pit comes into view, Jamie wonders up to the edge AND! A good twist-ending.If, by any chance, you haven't noticed, Jamie's very nerdy and half the fun is watching this homely and awkward dweeb run around in his dorky clothes and badly-dated hair-cut. Having a raspy voice and a wiry frame, Sammie Snyders doesn't exactly scream: movie-star-in-the-making, not surprisingly his acting career was a brief one. However the beautiful Jeannie Elias would go on to co-star in more films, but mostly she's a highly prolific voice-over actress. The voice of "Princess Toadstool" from the Super Mario Brothers cartoon (remember that one). Also there's a Seinfeld cameo in there ("The Bris"), where she has a single, yet spirited, line: "DON'T TOUCH HIM!!!"

You got problems… check your nearby woods and maybe they'll be solved. Twelve-year-old Jamie is a strange, sexually obsessed loner whose only real friend is a sinister, scheming stuffed teddy bear that talks to him. He has secret that in the nearby woods he finds a large hole in the ground which harbours a pack of prehistoric beasts known as troglodytes. He doesn't know what to feed them, until reads up on them and learns they're carnivorous. So those people who have harassed him or got on his bad side will soon find out about Jamie's secret. However he did tell his secret to one other; the attractive babysitter looking after him since his parents have gone away… but maybe that wasn't such a good idea."The Pit" is a very peculiar, but hypnotic b-grade l, drive-in rural psycho-kid outing that's a lot of fun. If you enjoy something rather twisted, senseless and perverse with a dark sense of humour. What it really has going for it is the extra creepy and disquieting performance of Sammy Snyders as Jamie. He striking visual features standout and he superbly plays a disturb mindset, as if he entirely lives in his own world along with his teddy. Quite a seedy little teddy, but still don't know if its because of his imagination or if it was possessed due to one sequence which has its head moving with Jamie being nowhere in the scene. The dialogues between the two are dementedly funny, but still there's a real sincerity about it. The lovely Jeannie Ellis plays the concerned babysitter who tries to communicate and understand him, but she finds out he's truly a little monster. Director Lew Lehman plays it as it is, never trying for anything truly clever. While its low-scale restrictions show it up at times (don't know why it began with a scene that shows up later on), but Lehman's vivid creativity shows in sequences along with the mean-spirited vibe and immensely unpredictable nature. There's a little touch sleaze (the voyeuristic peeping) and blood and gore, but the killings mainly happened off-screen (some moments were quite rib-tickling with how certain people just don't seem to see the pit before taking the trip in) and monsters are nothing more than cheesy costumes with the striking element being the glowing eyes. Most of the time they're in a dark pit, until later on when they come to the surface to cause havoc. The music score is sweepingly full of life, but terribly overwrought and the final shot ends on such a perfectly foreboding and ironic note that goes down so well.

I can honestly say that THE PIT is unlike any film I've ever seen. There are several different themes running concurrently in this one-all wrapped up in a strange, low-budget, horror film.Jamie is quite obviously a severely emotionally disturbed loner of a pre-teen weirdo. He has no friends, save for 'Teddy'-his teddy-bear (that talks back to him...), and some troll-like creatures that live in a pit in the woods. He's also a bit of a pervert and has an unhealthy obsession with his latest live-in babysitter. When Jamie runs out of money and can't afford to provide his troll-buddies with meat from the local grocer-he turns to the locals that have wronged him as a new source of food for the pit- dwellers... THE PIT is one of those seriously 'what the f!ck' type films that really makes you wonder what types of psychedelic drugs the writers were on to come up with such a story. There's no shortage of bizarrity going on in this one. The talking teddy-bear, some alluded to incest themes ('do you know why my mother washes me so much? Is she really trying to make me clean? Do you like washing me???'), Jamie's overall creepy nature, pit trolls-the list goes on. The kid that plays Jamie is surprisingly good in his role as the freakish outcast-and his ability to switch from vulnerable and almost sympathy-inducing, to deranged and homicidal on-the-fly is pretty noteworthy. My only real problem with THE PIT is there are parts toward the middle and end that are (I hope intentionally) 'funny' and sorta kills the mood at times-and the parts toward the end where the trolls get out feels a little disjointed compared to the rest of the film (though the very last scene is priceless and suitably twisted). There's very little gore to speak of, and just a few quick titty shots-so don't expect anything in terms of graphic sex or violence. In the case of this film though-I was entertained enough that I didn't really notice it-and for once-I'll go so far as to say that the film didn't suffer from the lack of graphicness. Definitely an odd-ball of a film-and since I tend to dig the 'evil kids' sub-genre, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Not a 'great' film so-to- speak...but definitely original and entertaining. 8.5/10

Really, really warped black comedy about a sick kid who feeds those he doesn't like to a giant pit filled with prehistoric monsters who resemble little sasquatch with sharp teeth. Jamie(Sammy Snyders) is singled out by the community as a freak, and appropriately so since it's quite easy to see that he's a perverted creep. His parents are wary of his "dificiencies" getting away on a trip, leaving Jamie with a babysitter with a history of tending to "extraordinary" children. Boy, has she got a challenge on her hands. Jamie carries a torch for Sandy O'Reilly(Jeannie Elias), likes to watch her sleep or shower, and becomes obsessed with her love-life, offended by her "betrayal" to him when she calls up other potential boyfriends. For instance, her jock boyfriend, whose future as a football star is evident, and he even attempts to show kindness to Jamie, plays catch with him, leading to his eventual doom. One girl, with a bicycle Jamie likes, insults and ridicules him, her aunt, a librarian, he's fixated with sexually. They are ripe for the pickings(..Jamie, the little bastard, following the advice of his teddy bear(!), has the librarian strip or else her niece would remain kidnapped!)as are two kids who pick on Jamie when he asks to be a part of their exclusive gang. Anyone that crosses Jamie are in trouble of being fodder for the pit beasties. The crux of the film is teddy bear's involvement in Jamie's shenanigans..in a more sinister voice resembling Jamie's, the teddy offers solutions and answers to problems he might face or currently suffer, motivating the twisted youth to follow them, with only tragic results normally occurring. Sammy Snyders is perfectly cast as Jamie, he has an unsettling quality that gets under your skin. Jeannie Elias, with a bright smile, tries to accommodate him, hoping to equip herself against his strange behavioral issues with that warm personality. Her fatal flaw is trusting Jamie, ending horrifyingly. Laura Hollingsworth is Marg Livingstone, the librarian Jamie torments. The film questions whether or not the creatures exist in reality or as a figment of Jamie's imagination..I'm not sure their release was the correct one, although it provides some stalk sequences and scenes of baffled police quizzically attempting to come to grips with why so many locals are vanishing from their small town. The ending should amuse those who couldn't grasp the idea of Jamie getting away with his crimes. The film isn't as gratuitous as it could've been, but for some reason it's shocking, unforgettable all the same because of the subject matter. This is certainly a one-of-a-kind movie, a real oddity to be experienced. Anytime you see a kid roll an old lady out of her wheel chair into a pit to be eaten alive by carnivorous monsters, you know this isn't your more conventional movie.