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Rona De Ricci

Born January 15, 1965 · Italy

Died June 20, 2020 · aged 55

Rona de Ricci was born in Italy in mid-January of 1965. After modeling in the early 1980s, she landed a supporting role in the Israeli film Rage and Glory (1984). In this same year, she moved to the United States, where she attended the Lee Strasburg Film and Theater Institute in New York City. In the late 1980s she obtained U.S. citizenship. In 1988, she appeared in the film The Penitent, as well…

Known For

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum · 1991

The Pit and the Pendulum

MovieHorrorRomance

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.

The Devil Inside Her

The Devil Inside Her · 2025

The Devil Inside Her

An ancient evil lurks betwixt the walls in the castle of the Bormoncinis, and Catherine seems to have inherited the family curse along with the estate. During the Inquisition, the castle was a hotbed of religious zealotry overseen by a madly devout monk named, where women were persecuted and burned as witches. With Catherine’s arrival, old demons have awoken, and the past has come back to haunt the castle.

Rage and Glory

Rage and Glory · 1984

An avowed anarchist and Stern Gang hitman is sent to Jerusalem to assassinate a senior British officer creating much tension within the already troubled cell and almost brings its collapse, as the British operatives are closing in.

The Penitent

The Penitent · 1988

MovieHorrorDrama

Tension between a jealous husband, his wife who's attracted to his friend and the friend is rising as their small, deeply catholic, Mexican village is deciding who will be Christ during the possibly dangerous reenactment of the Crucifixion.

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The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum · 1991

The Pit and the Pendulum

MovieHorrorRomance

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.

Maria

The Devil Inside Her

The Devil Inside Her · 2025

The Devil Inside Her

An ancient evil lurks betwixt the walls in the castle of the Bormoncinis, and Catherine seems to have inherited the family curse along with the estate. During the Inquisition, the castle was a hotbed of religious zealotry overseen by a madly devout monk named, where women were persecuted and burned as witches. With Catherine’s arrival, old demons have awoken, and the past has come back to haunt the castle.

Maria (archive footage)

Rage and Glory

Rage and Glory · 1984

An avowed anarchist and Stern Gang hitman is sent to Jerusalem to assassinate a senior British officer creating much tension within the already troubled cell and almost brings its collapse, as the British operatives are closing in.

Angela

The Penitent

The Penitent · 1988

MovieHorrorDrama

Tension between a jealous husband, his wife who's attracted to his friend and the friend is rising as their small, deeply catholic, Mexican village is deciding who will be Christ during the possibly dangerous reenactment of the Crucifixion.

Celia Guerola