You can read more about it in an interview with him here. NOTE: Interestingly, the screenwriter initially envisioned the film as a more subtle, psychological character piece in which the creatures were merely the figment of a mentally ill young boy’s imagination, but, uh…well, it didn’t quite turn out that way. Did I mention he also has a creepy teddy bear that talks to him when no one else is around? Red flag! Anyway, The Pit may not be a classic in the traditional sense of the word, but overall it’s good, cheesy `80s fun, with a halfway decent performance from Sammy Snyders as the unhinged preteen and some funny bits involving the hungry creatures known as “Tra-la-logs” (I have five words for you: midgets in hairy monster suits). When his parents go away on a long trip and leave him in the care of a pretty young woman (who he naturally becomes obsessed with), he takes the opportunity to dispatch several of his tormentors by throwing them down in the pit to be eaten alive.
This totally bizarre Canadian horror movie from the early `80s is about a disturbed, outcast young boy who discovers a strange pit in the woods that is home to several flesh-eating creatures. Get it? Don’t try this at home, you dumbass. Which I applaud them for, in that they’re fictional creations who in no way actually committed these acts in real life, which would be totally awful and lame. See, I was smart enough to know that my days as a pariah would one day come to an end (still waiting), and therein lies the difference between myself and the outcast characters in the following ten films, who decide – either still living or from beyond the grave – to take matters into their own hands and rain down some destruction on their oppressors. Not that I would’ve actually done anything about it – it was more like hoping fate would intervene, in the form of a lightning bolt or a spontaneous anvil falling from the sky. Have you ever found yourself wishing unimaginable pain and misery on those who have scorned and tormented you? I have – specifically, sixth period gym class, Anacapa Middle School, 1994. In that spirit, read on to check out B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen’s list of the “Ten Awesome Outcast Revenge Horror Movies”! Listen, nobody ever said life would be fair, but at the very least we have at our fingertips a whole heap of bitchin’ horror films that can serve as a healthy sort of catharsis in their depiction of oppressed outcasts doling out some fire and brimstone on their tormentors. Whether you were the one being the bullied or the one doing the bullying, all of us have at one point or another come face to face with the cruel potential of life’s social interactions.