Witchfinder General

(242)

5/17/1968

1h 27min

Drama

History

Horror

Tagline

He'll hang, burn, and mutilate you. He's the… Witchfinder General

Overview

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

Director

Michael Reeves

Screenplay

Michael Reeves

Screenplay

Tom Baker

How To Watch

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United States

Stream

Status
Released
Budget
$83,000.00
Revenue
$1,500,000.00
Original Language
English
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talisencrw 4/29/2016

An undeniably brilliant swan song for the ill-fated directorial prodigy Reeves, with remarkable vision, and a ghastly sadistic performance by Vincent Price. Hard to like the film because it gets under ...Show More

Wuchak 6/5/2022

_**Cinema's account of the infamous Matthew Hopkins**_ The infamous witch-finding exploits of Matthew Hopkins in Eastern England circa 1646 are chronicled based on Ronald Bassett’s 1966 novel. Hopk ...Show More

CinemaSerf 6/3/2023

Vincent Price is superb in this depiction of the tyrannical, evil "Matthew Hopkins", tasked amidst the English Civil War to bring fear and terror to the population. Playing to just about every phobia ...Show More