I was really looking forward to this, a lot decent comments about on sites This boy who is kinda off a outcast, he talks to his bear, who tell him what to do.It wasn't to clearer if Bear was actually talking or they Boy was just thinking bear talking.Anyone who upset the boy, the boy takes them in the wood, to see a Pit and pushes them in there.We don't find until near the end, what is actually in the Pit as they escape the Pit.We do get to see these creatures, they look okay for the time.Acting was just Okay, some acting was really poor.I found ending a little funny, I'm clad it ended it like that 4 out of 10, as I was expected more, it felt more like kids movie

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!!!"

This is one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen. Here you have a very creepy 12 year-old who has a hard time fitting in. Everyone in the neighborhood is totally hostile, including the librarian. This kid's only friend is a stuffed bear named Teddy. This animal gives him orders in which he complies. What makes things worse is he has an unhealthy obsession with girls. It goes further when his parents go out of town and leave him with a very beautiful babysitter. Unknown to the others, including his parents, he does have some secret friends: in a pit. They're not human, but known to him as "Tra-la-logs". Teddy advices Jamie (Sammy Snyders) to use the creatures to get back at the ones who did him wrong. After he exhausted himself for getting meat form the butcher, his first victim is the girl with the bike. Then, the blind old woman. The babysitter's boyfriend, and so on. However, when the babysitter got to meet the creatures, she fell and became the unintended victim. The line was crossed there, and Jamie wanted nothing to do with them, anymore. Kind of like the reverse version of Daniel in the lion's den, only without the lions. A weird, but different movie. Enjoyable though. 2 out of 5 stars

I found "The Pit" to be pretty awesome, and I'm glad I ran across it. I found no great references for it, ('Creature Features' says steer clear, whoopty-doo), but once I saw the Avco Embassy logo, saw it was made in '81, and read the synopsis I figured it would be worth a shot. It's an interesting Chiller with a range of weird influences, from Freudian pop-psychology to H.P. Lovecraft, and it's actually a pretty hilarious look at the male adolescence of, say, a young 'Norman Bates' or 'Martin'-type character who ascribes a split personality to his Teddy bear... Several great moments include the kids' dinner table beaver hunt with his new babysitter, the Oedipan bathing scene, again with babysitter and several others, but then you throw in the kids weird pathological connection to the troglodytes, or 'Trogs', weird missing-link cannibal-mutant-morlockish-"old ones", living in the woods in a deep pit just outside of town, and to which the kid begins to offer sacrifices to, and you start crossing the muddled line between madness, fantasy and reality. Very entertaining. Sonja Smits, a.k.a. 'Bianca "You look just like one of father's derilects" Oblivion', appears as the kid's teacher, and Sammy Snyders, a.k.a. the luckiest kid alive in 1981, plays the sexual deviant youth 'Jamie Benjamin'. Great ending as well. Definitely check this one out.