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(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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Release Date
1981
Director
Lew Lehman
Writer
Ian A. Stuart
Studio
Amulet Pictures, New World Pictures
Starring
Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias, Sonja Smits
The Pit
Jamie Benjamin is a misfit 12 year old boy, hated by both his classmates and the adults who live in his small town. His only friend is a stuffed bear named Teddy, whom he regularly holds conversations with. On the cusp of puberty, Jamie develops an unhealthy obsession with girls. So when his parents go away on a business trip and leave the attractive psychology student Sandy O’Reilly to babysit him, he falls completely in love with her.
In the forest, Jamie has found a pit full of mysterious creatures, which he calls “Tra-la-logs”. Although he decides to take care of them by feeding them raw meat, he soon runs out of money. Teddy suggests feeding the people who tormented him to the Tra-la-logs, and Jamie takes his advice. After he runs out of people, he takes Sandy to the pit, where she accidentally falls in and is eaten by the monsters. Heartbroken and angry, Jamie lowers a rope into the pit, and the Tra-la-logs escape. After rampaging through the town, they are shot by the local militia and buried in the pit. In order to avoid panic, the killings are blamed on “wild dogs”. Jamie, now completely unstable, meets a girl who has a similar life. But she has a secret. Another pit in the woods.
The Pit is an unnerving movie, to say the least. I remember many nights as a kid, laying in bed awake, distrustful of my teddy bear after watching it.
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