Witchfinder General
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Witchfinder General

Witchfinder General (1968)

Genres - Drama, History, Horror  |   Sub-Genres - Historical Film  |   Release Date - May 17, 1968  |   Run Time - 87 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Witchfinder General is a 1968 British period folk horror film directed by Michael Reeves and starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Hilary Dwyer, Robert Russell and Rupert Davies. The screenplay, by Reeves and Tom Baker, was based on Ronald Bassett's 1966 novel Witchfinder General. The film is a heavily fictionalised account of the murderous witch-hunting exploits of Matthew Hopkins (Price), a lawyer who falsely claimed to have been appointed as a "Witch Finder Generall" [sic] by Parliament during the English Civil War to root out sorcery and witchcraft. The plot follows Roundhead soldier Richard Marshall (Ogilvy), who relentlessly pursues Hopkins and his assistant John Stearne (Russell) after they prey on his fiancée Sara (Dwyer) and execute her priestly uncle John Lowes (Davies).

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Themes

British | Cult | Supernatural/Monsters

Tags

17th Century, British, Cult, English Civil War, Film Based On A Novel, Folk Horror, Rape, Reeves, Supernatural/Monsters, United States, Witch, Witch Hunt

Attributes

Based On: based on actual events, Witchfinder General
Narrative Location: England
Subject: English Civil War, hunt of the witches, Matthew Hopkins/Philip Wittebane

Part of Collection

Witches & Witchcraft

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Boszorkányvadász generális
HU
Conqueror Worm
US
Cuando arden las brujas
AR
Cuando las brujas arden
CL, MX, ES
De heksenjager
NL
Den blodiga snaran
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Der Hexenjäger
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Državni lovac na vještice
HR
Edgar Allan Poe's Conqueror Worm
GB
Edgar Allan Poe's The Conqueror Worm
US
Edgar Allan Poe's Witchfinder General
US
El general witchfinder
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El inquisidor
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General vânător de vrăjitoare
RO
Häxjakten
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Heksebrenneren
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Heksejegeren
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Heksejægeren
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Il grande inquisitore
IT
Le Grand Inquisiteur
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Le grand inquisiteur
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Lovci čarodějnic
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Matthew Hopkins: Conqueror Worm
US
Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General
GB, US
Nõiakütt
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Noidantappajat
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O Caçador de Bruxas
BR, PT
O lofos ton kremasmenon
GR
Pogromca czarownic
PL
Robak zwycięzca
PL
The Conqueror Worm
US
Witchfinder General
AU, CA, EC, IE, JP, GB, US
Za krvnika nema milosti
HR
Za krvnika ni milosti
SI
Ο Λόφος των Κρεμασμένων
GR
За џелата нема милости/Za dželata nema milosti
RS
驱魔降邪
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